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From the press release by Rep. Matt Pierce: Effective July 1, Senate Enrolled Act 320 (Public Law 22) “provides a way for victims of identity theft to restore tainted credit histories, and expands the legal definition of the crime to make prosecutions easier.” the law expands the definition of identifying information as follows: “Identifying information …
Spammers’ fake sites dupe consumers: “Customers of Best Buy, EarthLink and America Online are among recent targets of so-called phisher sites, bogus Web sites that fish for personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers from unsuspecting consumers.”
In a July 1 press release, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) asked the “Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue a consumer advisory alert warning Internet users to carefully read the privacy policies of websites asking for personal information and to develop guidelines to ensure that these privacy policies fully disclose how that data will be used.” …
Doe v. Chao, 02-1377. “The Supreme Court agreed Friday to join the debate over consumers’ privacy rights in a case that will decide how the government can be punished for revealing Social Security numbers and other personal information.”
On June 26, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced legislation, S. 1350 (the Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act) “to require businesses or government agencies to notify individuals if a database has been broken into and personal data has been compromised, including Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses and credit cards. The bill is modeled, in …
FTC Outlines Steps to Assist Identity Theft Victims. Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Identity Theft: Prevention and Victim Assistance, Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, June 24, 2003.
Information Flows: The Costs and Benefits to Consumers and Businesses of The Collection and Use of Consumer Information, June 18, 2003. Panelists will discuss: The use of consumer information in credit transactions; consumer information in customer relationship management and targeted marketing; methodologies for identifying and measuring the costs and benefits of collecting consumer information; and …
On March 27, Sen. Biden introduced S. 731, the Secure Authentication Feature and Enhanced Identification Defense Act of 2003″ (SAFE ID Act), to prohibit fraud and related activity in connection with authentication features. “This bill will increase penalties for illegally using authentication features, such as holograms or watermarks, to create false, misleading or inaccurate identification. …
Fact Sheet, Operation E-Con: Cracking Down on Internet Crime, released by the DOJ on May 16, 2003. “Since its inception, Operation E-Con has conducted over 90 investigations involving 89,000 victims and estimated losses of more than $176 million….To date Operation E-Con has executed over 70 search and seizure warrants that have led to 130 arrests …
The FTC issued a press release today announcing the filing of 45 criminal and civil actions (state and federal) in conjunction with the SEC, the Postal Service and other state law enforcement agencies, in an aggressive and wide ranging campaign against “Internet scammers and deceptive spammers.” Links are provided to the full-text copies of the …
PCWorld reports on a scam used against Bank of America customers which lured them via an unauthorized e-mail message to a fake site used to capture their personal data. The article also references a site that collects links to fake banks and examples of bank scam e-mails from around the world, called Scam o Rama.
The Federal Trade Commissions Bureau of Consumer Protection announced its sponsorship of new workshops on “Technologies for Protecting Personal Information” to be held on May 14 and June 4, 2003. “The workshops are intended to explore the role of technology in helping consumers and businesses to protect consumer information.” The agenda for the May 14 …
