Key Note from the Founder of ShareMyPhoto.co.uk:

There has been a growing trend in the number of ID theft cases reported in the UK. With the rising interest and use of social networking websites it seems that we are all using the Web to interact with our friends and family online more than ever before.

In the old days it could take fraudsters several weeks to gather enough useful information to steal a person’s identity, with the Internet and the advent of sites like Facebook it can now take just a few hours.

Although I have not yet been a victim of ID fraud myself, it has struck me with surprise how easily even I, have been willing to surrender my life story to social networking sites.

With hindsight my new saying is - keeps your friends close and your enemies locked out.

Unwilling to be a sleepwalking victim of ID theft I have used my 10 years experience working in IT to put together a Web site purpose built for photo and multimedia sharing. The principle driver for this was that ultimately there are like minded people out there who simply want to communicate in the ways of not so yesteryear, take using Web e-mail for example. Sometimes people want to share their family photo’s online without using large e-mail attachments, hence the development of this site, where users can sign up and not be asked questions about their interests or what food they like, all of which could ultimately be potential security questions for accessing a persons’ bank account!

Keep safe online!

http://www.identity-theft.org.uk/

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/