Senate, FTC Push For Identity Theft Law
Gregg Keizer writes in TechWeb News:
A Senate committee pondered national identity protection legislation in a hearing Thursday that took testimony and solicited answers from all five members of the Federal Trade Commission, the agency most likely to manage any new laws aimed to stop the recent wave of unwanted and illegal data disclosures.
Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) chaired the Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee hearing, which at various points involved all the senators who have plunged into the data theft and consumer notification problem.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), for instance, who has presented three different bills on the issue so far this session, said "Congress has a major issue before it here" and noted that some 18 million identities have been exposed in the last 12 months through theft or data breaches or loss during transportation.
posted by Fergie @ 6/16/2005 12:26:00 PM
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