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February 17, 2005
ID theft
Hackers in California have stolen sensitive data, including social security numbers, on 35,000 people from a company working for the government. It’s happened before. California now has a unique law requiring customers to be alerted if there are breaches in data security. Other states are considering introducing similar legislation.
Security is also one of the many concerns with the British ID card and database scheme. Centralizing information makes us more vulnerable to identity theft.
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,66628,00.html
Posted by Simon Holledge at February 17, 2005 12:41 PM
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