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- Congress must combat identity theft.(Editorial)
- One has to wonder if members of Congress are actually reading and comprehending the stories about identity theft that the rest of us are seeing in the news each day. Identity theft is an epidemic, and meaningful legislation needs to be...
- Research articles 2006-02-06
- Congress Urged to Get Tough on Identity Theft; Consumers Union Outlines Needed Reforms
- WASHINGTON, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- After a year in which millions of Americans have been put at risk of identity theft because of a series of data security breaches at companies across the country, Consumers Union urged Congress to adopt a set of safeWASHINGTON, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
- Research articles 2005-07-28
- Identity theft protection is a priority.(Monday Morning)
- Byline: Jim Pavia Identity theft is the No. 1 consumer complaint in this country. About 10 million Americans fall victim to identity theft each year, and the scope of the crime is growing quickly, according to the...
- Research articles 2005-03-28
- Making identity theft a crime - Congress considering making illegal stealing somebody's identify - Brief Article
- No one listens, no one cares," wrote Charlotte, N.C., reader Lisa Lippincott in response to our July cover story, "The Bonnie and Clyde of Credit Card Fraud." It is a common refrain among the identity-theft victims we heard from in the wake of that story, many of whom found it...
- Research articles 1998-11-01
- Congress focusing on identity theft: estate tax repeal, health plan bills see action.(Capitol Retail Report)
- A recent rash of consumer data security breaches has caught the attention of Congress. Options Congress is considering to deal with identity theft include a federal requirement that consumers be notified when personal records are threatened; authorit A recent rash of consumer data security breaches has...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Congress Crafts Legislation to Combat Identity Theft.
- By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-02-03
- ChoicePoint Multi-Million Dollar Penalty Illustrates Need for Congress to Enact Strong ID-Theft Protections, Regulate Data Brokers
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumers Union praised the Federal Trade Commission's multi-million dollar settlement against data broker ChoicePoint, the largest civil penalty in FTC history. However, comprehensive Congressional action is still WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumers Union praised the Federal Trade Commission's multi-million dollar settlement...
- Research articles 2006-01-26
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- House to Vote on Bill to Weaken Current Identity Theft Protections; Vote Could Come as Early as Monday
- WASHINGTON, July 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Next week, the leadership of the House of Representatives plans to vote on "The Financial Data Protection Act," a controversial and weak version of data security legislation that would strip consumers of their existing state rights to protect themselves against identity theft. "It's shocking...
- Research articles 2006-07-21
- National data breach notification bill passed in U.S. House
- A national data breach notification bill was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.The Data Accountability and Trust Act would require any organization that experiences a breach of electronic data containing personal information to notify all U.S. individuals whose information is breached. The law requires that the Federal...
- News items 2009-12-10
- Defensive Coordinators
- When the 109th U.S. Congress convened in January, it picked up where it left off last year by introducing bills that build on legislative moves to combat identity theft, beef up the nation's bioterrorism preparedness and strengthen the role of cybersecurity in homeland defense. Preventing ID theft was already...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Advocate targets IRS
- Nina E. Olson, the official appointed to speak out on behalf of U.S. taxpayers, has a few major gripes about the Internal Revenue Service. Among them, she believes the agency needs to better protect victims of tax-related identity theft and should get more information out to homeowners about a new...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Democrats Fight for Personal and Government Data Security
- WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With a full year having passed since Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff created the Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security post and the position still unfilled, Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy, Charles Schumer, and Bill Nelson today joined Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry...
- Research articles 2006-07-13
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