Congress Urged to Get Tough on Identity Theft; Consumers Union Outlines Needed Reforms
U.S. Newswire, July, 2005
WASHINGTON, July 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- After a year in which millions of Americans have been put at risk of identity theft because of a series of data security breaches at companies across the country, Consumers Union urged Congress to adopt a set of safeguards to provide consumers with tougher protection against such fraud. New identity theft legislation is expected to be considered by the Senate Commerce Committee (S. 1408) and the Senate Judiciary Committee (S. 1332) as early as today.
Consumer groups are concerned that an intense lobbying campaign in Congress by industry groups may leave Americans without the safeguards they need. Industry lobbyists are fighting to block a new right for consumers to freeze access to credit files, stricter rules regarding data security,...
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