Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002

Variable Details

VariableSPEC18D
LabelWhat personal security problems have you had?
Question text What personal security problems have you had?
Responses
CANNOT ALWAYS GET THE PASS WORD TO ACCESS THE INFO 1
CREDIT CARD INFO FROM SOMEOME ELSE ON INTERNET 1
Gordon was hacked and someone used his e mail account to send messages 1
I've been getting some odd e mails recently that I cant work out where they are from,I think its something to do with AOL a/e they are things offering financial services,& there were some dodgy ones on there with sexual topics that I wasnt happy abou 1
RECEIVED OBSCENE E.MAILS 1
WE HAD A BUG ON IT AND AOL BLOCKED THE ACCESS SO CHANGED OUR CODE ON US CALLING THEM,AOL SAID THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL OF A SECURITY MEASURE 1
amason siad could not access my credit card and it went on and on and it has put me off 1
credit card breached 1
credit card fraud (minor) 1
credit card fraud - details may have been found on internet 1
credit card fraud possibly 1
e mail, sometimes a lot of junk mail comes in,not protected. 1
for web posting someone got hold of credit card details 1
forgotten passwords 1
hacking problem/sending viruses 1
have had porn downloaded to an e.mail address 1
hi`s computer was giving out more information than it should 1
i have a zone alarm and i kept getting messages that someone was trying to hack in/i think i know who it was/my ex-girlfriends friend/hes a hacker/put firewalls up and get a zone alarm/that blocks hackers/- 1
lots of people sending computer bugs messing up your computer 1
major security incidents with Bank: unauthorised access to accounts 1
misuse of card ,but not known where details obtained 1
money deducted from credit card after using it to pay for goods 1
older man came on a childrens chat room 1
ordered a lap top for daughter and was charged twice 1
paying bills their site was broken into and accessed account numbers 1
received an Email with a virus 1
scanning-getting into my mzchine 1
see note 1
some sent e mails from my address 1
somebody falsified my name while hacking my co's e-mail system 1
spamed e-mail address 1
spamming 2
subject of one virus and one hoax virus 1
three years ago the ISP said they lost financial details and asked for more infomation-this was a fraudulant attempt by an ISP employee 1
unsolicited junk mail 1
virus 6
virus feel people snoop 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.