Despite rising concerns about identity theft, most Americans aren’t taking basic steps to make it harder for their information to be stolen, according to a survey Experian conducted in August 2017.

Synthetic identity fraud is on the rise across financial services, ecommerce, public sector, health and utilities markets. The long-term impact of synthetic identity remains to be seen and will hinge largely upon forthcoming efforts across the identity ecosystem made up of service providers, institutions and agencies, data aggregators and consumers themselves.

With so much data being generated by our social media obsession, should lenders consider social media insights to assess credit risk?