[Dataloss] legal: California Senate Passes Identity Theft Bill 40-0

[security curmudgeon]

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From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg at netzero.net>

Via CBS5.com.

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The California State Senate passed a bill Friday that would allow 
prosecution for identity theft cases in the county where the victim 
resides.

State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, co-authored Senate Bill 612 and 
praised fellow senators Friday for voting 40-0 in favor of the 
legislation.

Current law permits prosecution in the county where the theft occurred, or 
where the information was illegally used, even when both locations are 
hundreds of miles from the victim's home, according to Simitian's office.

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More:
http://cbs5.com/local/identity.theft.bill.2.644169.html