Sen. Jeanne (Identity Theft Prevention) Kohl-Welles,

Sen. Jeanne (Identity Theft Prevention) Kohl-Welles,

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles,
Olympian - ID theft bill scrapped A state Senate committee Wednesday night scrapped a consumer credit measure backed by Attorney General Rob McKenna, defeating a major prong of McKenna’s push to curtail identity theft. Northwest briefs Travel agents wouldn’t
Source: www.theolympian.com

Modesto police investigate 600 ID theft cases
Modesto Bee - More than 600 customers of a Modesto-area business have had at least $500,000 stolen by an identity theft ring, police said Thursday. From June 12 through Wednesday, thieves used personal identification numbers and duplicated ATM cards to withdraw
Source: www.modbee.com

N.C. Veterans Could Get Relief From ID Theft
WXII 12 - RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina lawmakers are proposing a way to protect the state's military veterans from identity theft. The bill is proposed in the wake of a massive security breach at the federal Veterans Affairs office. The bill, approved
Source: www.wxii12.com

Schumer unveils new plan for government agencies to keep personal data
Little Falls Times - In response to the data breach and others reported in the federal government, Schumer, who authored identity theft legislation last year, announced new measures to crack down on ID theft and protect sensitive personal information held in government
Source: www.littlefallstimes.com

June 2005
Out-Law - patents in BlackBerry dispute IT should involve HR in systems' design and roll-out, says CIPD One third of music CDs are pirated, says industry Yahoo! shuts user chat rooms to protect children Indian call centre security breach: man admits guilt ID theft
Source: www.out-law.com

Lawmaker declares VA's offer of credit monitoring not enough
Infoworld - The VA continues to say it has no reason to believe the burglar targeted the data, and it is unlikely that the incident has led to ID theft thus far. Three computer security experts
Source: www.infoworld.com