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Is Mass. Finally Going to Get Serious About Identity Theft?
Posted on Jan 12, 2007 by Tom Fragala
According to Eric Bourassa of MassPIRG in this Somerville Journal story, Massachusettes is the only state in New England that has neither a credit freeze law or data breach law. 26 states have laws allowing individuals to freeze access to credit reports and 34 states have laws requiring consumers to be notified about security breaches. Mass. lawmakers and consumer advocates said they hope to pass legislation this year. We’ll see.
Filed under: Credit, Data Breach, Identity Theft
Tags: credit freeze, security breach
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