Here's my password

That's what a lot of folks do on a daily basis - offer their personal data out on to the web in ways you wouldn't dream of in the real world. To help educate and combat Internet threats to security and privacy, Get Safe Onlinewas launched last year and this week is the official government-backed Get Safe Online Week in the UK. Last year their site garnered 750,000 page visits and helped educate individuals and small businesses. Why should you care?

• In 2004, total losses for online banking fraud were £12m
• Card fraud on the Internet - £183m in 2005 up from £117m in 2004

Perhaps even more telling

• 21% of people think e-crime is the type of crime they are most likely to encounter, up from 17% last year, and they fear it more than mugging, car theft and burglary.

Get Safe Online Week, which kicked off with an Internet safety summit yesterday involves a series of events, roadshows and training sessions across the UK aimed at providing the general public with the information they need to protect themselves when using the Internet. Experts (including Microsoft bods) will be on hand in ‘safety zones’ in shopping centres around the UK giving advice on how you can protect themselves online.

Check out the Get Safe Online website for details of the roadshow and the opportunity to win a £4000 digital makeover

Moving with the times, they also have a blog of course