26 percent lie in site registration

A new survey finds that 26 percent of the people lie when registering at Web sites.

The reason: privacy concerns.

Among the findings: younger respondents are more likely to provide false registration information.

Also, females are more likely to have never registered at a Web site.

The report concludes that marketing departments interpret demographic information conservatively.

Of 11,793 respondents worldwide, the survey noted a marked increase in the number of women using the Web.

Although the respondents are not randomly chosen, the results are similar to those of other recentsurveys.