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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Ind. Law - New identity theft law effective July 1 [Updated]

"New identity theft law coming to Indiana on July 1" is the headline to a story by James Wensits in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:

The law, authored by [State Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Lakeville] and passed unanimously by the General Assembly, requires companies to encrypt any personal identification information held in computer databases.

The law requires Hoosier companies and companies outside the state who have Indiana customers to notify them of any security breaches that could cause identity theft, identity deception or fraud.

Protected information includes credit card numbers, any state identification card or driver's license number, Social Security numbers and financial account numbers.

The law makes it a Class C felony for a person to have the identities of more than 100 persons or if the harm of the crime is $50,000 or more.

Under the law, it is a Class C infraction to dispose of a customer's encrypted information without first shredding, incinerating, mutilating or erasing it.

Another provision makes it illegal to use the names or identifying information of deceased persons for the purposes of identity theft.

The law is contained in HEA 1101. The ILB posted serious criticisms of this new law on March 11, 2006. Access them here.

[Updated 11:40 am] Serendipitously, the ILB has just received notification of a model law, "The Clean Credit and Identity Theft Protection Act." Read about it here; download it from the bottom of the same page.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 1, 2006 09:01 AM
Posted to Indiana Law