Data brokers throwing more money at congress

[Aunt Anti-bush]

Write / Call your congressperson & or senator before the big industries get yet another big break funded by large corporate contributions:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/2006/aug29.php#databills

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The financial and credit industries did not like this. They were forced to reveal their industry's dirty little secret. They were forced to admit that they could be responsible for staggering amounts of identity fraud. They wanted things to be like they were, when they could hush up these embarrassing little incidents. So they did what they have always done, when a state passes an inconvenient law - they went to Congress. And they brought their checkbooks with them.

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Both bills leave it up the company involved to decide whether or not lost data is likely to be used for identity fraud. Both bills lets the companies weasel out of telling anyone, if they decide the information is not going to be misused or is protected by some form of security (encryption or passwords). If they decide that they must bother themselves to report the data loss/theft at all, the actual victims (the people whose identities are now floating around the underworld) are notified LAST. Both bills specifically forbid the existence of state laws which address the same issue.

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I know, "write to your Senator" is something that other people do. Even if this is the only time you do it, for this one issue, you need to pick up the phone. Identity theft is not something you can avoid by being careful. It can be caused by a company you have never heard of losing data that you didn't know existed.

[nosillies]

1. Thanks

This is very important to lots of people

[unhappycamper]

2. Good find!

k&r