Fewer than half of the UK's 29M adult Internet users <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6472723.stm">believe they are responsible</A> for protecting personal information online, a survey suggests.

One in six of the 2,441 people surveyed felt responsibility rested with banks.

The research, for a government-backed online safety campaign, found 12% had suffered online fraud in the last year--at an average loss of