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InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	DoJ Sends ID Theft Bill to Congress The Bush administration sent proposed legislation to Congress today that aims to update and improve federal identity theft laws.
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Roy Mark	House Tables Data-Breach Law Talk Any hope of a U.S. House data-breach disclosure law this year fizzled away Thursday in the face of opposition from Democrats who contend the legislation lacks enforcement teeth.
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.
InternetNews March 14, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Freeze Your Identity to Stop ID Theft TrustedID thinks that it has the simple answer to stopping identity thieves from stealing your personal information by giving consumers control over access to their credit reports and information.
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Takes up Data Security Law FTC commissioners set to testify before panel that will enforce any new data privacy laws.
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Identity Theft Top Priority for State Legislators More than 1,300 bills covering a range of issues that could impact financial institutions currently are pending before the 50 U.S. state legislatures.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Demands Restitution For ID Theft A federal task force on identity theft urged Congress today to require ID thieves pay victims for the time they spend restoring their credit.
Bank Technology News January 2003 Mark Bruno	A New Breed Of Criminals Identity heists could drain $500 million this year. Staying ahead of the thieves may be the only way to curb the rise of identity thefts.
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest	Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark	ChoicePoint Settles With 44 States in Data Losses Data broker ChoicePoint agrees to pay $500,000 and to strengthen data protection measures.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	When Is a Breach a Breach? If you think there's hope for a national data breach notification law, consider this: Congress can't decide what a breach is. Really.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	No Security in SSNs? Have you bought a house? Paid a traffic ticket? Been married or divorced in the last 10 years? Those documents may have been posted online as a matter of public course, opening the door to identity theft.
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford	Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...
InternetNews June 11, 2010	Feds Reassessing Breach Notification Laws Data breaches small and large continue to plague consumers and businesses at a record pace and lawmakers at all levels of government are now considering more proactive legislation to help thwart identity theft.
PC World October 2002 Anne Kandra	Don't Let Them Steal Your Good Name Identity theft is skyrocketing -- and it's even being used to fund terrorism. The Web can be a real boon for identity thieves, helping them find information about victims and profit from the crime.
Entrepreneur December 2003 Stephen Barlas	Taking Credit Washington shields businesses from identity theft losses.
InternetNews November 3, 2005 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Data Breach Bill Democrats protest that the Data Accountability and Trust Act will have little or no effect.
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill A U.S. House panel effort to write a national data breach disclosure law is running into fierce opposition by consumer groups calling the legislation the "worst data security bill ever."
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Dean Foust	Keeping A Grip On Identity How to hold info brokers accountable for security without fouling up commerce.
InternetNews April 1, 2010	New Law Aims to Shore Up Retail Data Security Banks get a break in Washington, one of a growing number of states enabling them to recoup money lost from ID theft and data breaches.
InternetNews June 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Veterans Seek Billions in Data Breach Suit Veterans groups file lawsuit against VA seeking damages for veterans exposed to identity theft.
InternetNews February 2, 2007 Roy Mark	Congress, White House Dinged on Cyber Security Lawmakers' inability to pass legislation and the administration's lack of leadership earn D's in annual report card from CSIA.
Insurance & Technology July 25, 2005 Wendy Toth	Balanced Legislation Recent security breaches at ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, among others, have prompted public policy makers to address the collection and use of customer data.
InternetNews July 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Finance Firms To Give FTC ID Theft Data The financial services industry is pooling its own data on identity theft victims with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement groups.
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Preps ID Theft Law Republicans and Democrats have reached a compromise on legislation mandating data brokers disclose to consumers certain unencrypted breaches of their personal information.
CRM June 1, 2005 Marshall Lager	Fear and Loathing in the Database A company's CRM system might make it vulnerable to hackers, but with risk comes opportunity.
Searcher November 2005 Carol Ebbinghouse	Another Phine Kettle of Phish: Identity Theft Prevention Ten things to do today to protect yourself against identity theft.
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel	Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?
CFO March 15, 2006 John Edwards	Commanding Data Will a raft of federal, state, and local requirements ever lead to a single information-security standard? For corporate officers in charge of compliance, the prognosis is not good.
CFO March 1, 2011 Carol E. Curtis	Rallying 'Round the Red Flags New identity-theft regulations apply to many kinds of companies, and some don't know that.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Plans Data Breach Disclosure Vote Republicans pick weakest of several bills for full floor vote; Davis wants mandatory breach disclosure for federal agencies; Congress poised to create first national Internet database of sex offenders.
PC World November 2005	Security Resources on the Web Additional links to information and resources regarding online security issues.
Inc. August 2003 Robert X. Cringely	They've Got Your Number Identity theft using a combination of computer technology and government information is a major crime just waiting to happen.
InternetNews April 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Step Into Senate Panel's Fire Compliance with the California law on disclosing data breaches has resulted in a series of embarrassing public-data hijacking admissions. The Senate is now grilling data brokers and considering federal legislation.
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier	Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.