NY State Senate OK's bills to combat identity theft

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

From: blitz <blitz () strikenet kicks-ass net>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 18:04:43 -0400
Subject: NY State Senate OK's bills to combat identity theft

Like I say, we ARE working with them to get good legislation going:

From the Buffalo, NY NEWS,5/18/06

ALBANY
State Senate OKs bills to combat identity theft

ALBANY (AP) - The State
Senate on Wednesday gave final
legislative approval to three bills
designed to combat identity theft.
One bill would allow private companies, nonprofit 
groups and the state attorney general to bring 
civil actions against "phishing" scam artists.
Phishing refers to e-mails that appear to come 
from banks or other businesses and are used to 
induce recipients to verify their accounts by 
typing personal de-tails, such as credit card or 
bank account information, into a Web site disguised to appear legitimate.
The second measure would allow residents to 
freeze their credit files, blocking access to 
consumer credit reports and preventing
identity thieves from taking out new loans and credit.
Consumers who place a security freeze would be 
provided a password to give to credit report?ing 
agencies each time they want to allow access to 
their credit in-formation. The third bills 
mandates the proper disposal or de?struction of 
records containing private information.
The bill now go to Gov. George E. Pataki.

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