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InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.
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InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws.
InternetNews March 8, 2006 Roy Mark	Second Phone Data Privacy Bill Approved Targeting both telephone data brokers and telecoms, a House panel today approved legislation that bans the sale, lease or rental of confidential telephone records.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
InternetNews July 18, 2007 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves SSN Protection Bill A House panel today unanimously approved legislation to limit the sale, purchase or public display of Social Security numbers.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Say: Ban All Sales of Phone Records The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission suggest that new laws targeting online phone data brokers should also include carriers.
Entrepreneur December 2003 Stephen Barlas	Taking Credit Washington shields businesses from identity theft losses.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.
InternetNews April 23, 2007 Roy Mark	A New Fight Against ID Theft Improved cyber security, increased law enforcement and public education top the recommendations of President Bush's Identity Theft Task Force plan issued today.
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Roy Mark	Pretexting Ban a Federal Done Deal Bush signs new law targeting those who seek confidential phone records and those who sell them.
InternetNews January 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Move Against Phone Record Brokers New legislation targets the illegal selling of personal telephone record data.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Reacts to Breach Onslaught BJ's Wholesale Club settles lax data protection charges while FDIC admits to data breach.
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Bill Targets Trafficking in Social Security Numbers Legislation requires companies to alert customers if their credit card information has been breached. The bill also prohibits requiring individuals to use Social Security numbers as their account numbers.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Takes up Data Security Law FTC commissioners set to testify before panel that will enforce any new data privacy laws.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark	Bill Would Protect Call Records From Snoopers New legislation would have FTC write rules for stricter security standards for consumers' personal phone records.
InternetNews April 7, 2006 Roy Mark	House Subpoenas Phone Data Sites Web sites selling confidential consumer telephone data are refusing to comply with a U.S. House of Representatives' request for information, prompting the Energy and Commerce Committee to issue subpoenas to a dozen companies.
InternetNews March 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Feinstein Charges Again on Data Breach Notification Bill A California senator says identity theft can't be stopped without strong congressional action.
InternetNews July 15, 2004 Roy Mark	Identity Theft Law Hits Back at 'Phishers' The Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, signed into law by President Bush, mandates federal prison terms for using a false identity in the commission of a felony.
InternetNews March 2, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Rocks Phone Record Thieves The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation today aimed at curbing the sale of online black market telephone records.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Roy Mark	States Lead Congress on Breach Protections While federal lawmakers dither on data-breach legislation to protect against identity theft, states take matters into their own hands.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data.
InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Phone Carriers Could Have Your Back The FCC approves rules that, among other things, require telephone carriers to obtain customers' consent to share data.
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
InternetNews February 28, 2005 Paul Shread	Bank's Tape Loss Puts Spotlight on Backup Practices Senators consider legislation after Bank of America's admission that the company lost data tapes containing federal workers' customer and account information.
PC Magazine August 22, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	Thwarting Identity Theft Identity theft has been a federal offense since 1998. But are we getting any better at dealing with it? Actually, we are. Here are several tips to prevent financial loss from identity theft.
Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2006 Nancy Feig	Federal Agencies Propose 'Red Flags' for Identity Theft Prevention In response to growing concerns over identity theft, on July 18, several federal agencies proposed a rule that would require financial institutions and creditors to implement identity theft prevention programs.
Inc. May 2007 Daniel Akst	The Dangers of Identity Theft Entrepreneurs are especially vulnerable to identity fraud.
OCC Bulletin July 27, 2006	Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Proposed regulations would require financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement a written identity theft prevention program in connection with account openings and existing accounts.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Demands Restitution For ID Theft A federal task force on identity theft urged Congress today to require ID thieves pay victims for the time they spend restoring their credit.
Insurance & Technology September 14, 2004 Ivan Schneider	Penalties Upped for ID Theft Identity theft penalty enhancement act makes ID crimes more costly.
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford	Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.
InternetNews March 31, 2010	FBI, DOJ Identity Theft Programs Fall Short A new report from the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General says the government is making a big mistake by not making ID theft prevention and prosecution a top priority.
CFO March 1, 2011 Carol E. Curtis	Rallying 'Round the Red Flags New identity-theft regulations apply to many kinds of companies, and some don't know that.
Inc. August 2003 Robert X. Cringely	They've Got Your Number Identity theft using a combination of computer technology and government information is a major crime just waiting to happen.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Michael Hickins	Juneau Something New 'Bout Net Neutrality? Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' dedication to the Universal Service Fund raises the likelihood of passing net neutrality provisions.
InternetNews September 11, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Questions AT&T Role in HP Scandal The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a formal investigation into AT&T's role in disclosing the personal telephone records of HP board members and selected journalists to HP private investigators.
Information Today August 11, 2008 George H. Pike	CriminalSearches.com Offers Free Access to Criminal Records It recently has become much easier to find out whether your daughter's boyfriend or your new neighbor has a criminal record.
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