Congress talks tough ID theft
The powerful chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee keeps companies that sell consumers’ personal and financial information that Congress will step up regulation of their sector, after several recent instances of security breaches, millions of Americans.
“It is very solid certain federal laws of this issue,” Senator Arlen Specter, R-Pa., A said after three hours, a hearing in committee leaders of the three largest brokerage firms data, said she would support a government requirement that they notify consumers whose personal data has been suspended possible identity theft.
“We can also view of the need for some of these harsh laws do your duty,” he data providers, whose services are used by banks, credit card companies, mortgages, businesses, retailers and other companies, for quick decisions on loans for consumers. Governments, employers and criminal prosecution authorities, data banks.
Nothing in the states of California, a message bill, which occurred almost two years ago. This law is credited to the disclosure of a force of the recent series of incidents, including the statement by LexisNexis, the data of about 320000 consumers throughout the nation has been fraudulently obtained, foreigners and the San Jose Medical Group, as personnel and medical data of patients in 185000 computers were stolen.
Up to 30 other countries are considering mandatory labelling laws, following the example in California, and in response to the increase of personal data gone adrift.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., A proposed federal law that communication goes beyond, by California’s encrypted and unencrypted data and consumer seven years, a quarter of their credit reports to any suspicious activity.
Two other Democratic senators Charles Schumer of New York and Bill Nelson of Florida, introduced what it called a large identity theft, the bill Tuesday that more than Feinstein’s provision would address data to oblige Brokers, the Confederation and ask them, adopt strict measures protective measures against hacking or fraud. The measure, based on federal laws adopted in recent years, however, a new office in the Federal Trade Commission to help victims of ID theft quickly clear their cases.
Feinstein said that the recent wave of information on huge amounts of personal information from commercial databases in the hands suspect, the problem remains unknown.
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