[Fredslist] LA, NJ, IL Privacy Breach Laws

[Raj Goel]

Fellow Gothamites,

 	Start your engines - LA, NJ & IL join 19 other states in having 
state-based privacy breach compliance laws.

 	How many of you are prepared to respond to privacy breaches?

  --Three States Have New Data Security Laws for 2006
(2 January 2006/31 December 2005)
New state laws in Louisiana, New Jersey and Illinois require that people
be notified when data security breaches compromise their personal
information. In New Jersey a law that took effect January 1, 2006 allows
residents to freeze access to their credit reports to thwart identity
fraud, even when the data thief has possession of the person's Social
Security number.  New Jersey residents must pay a US$5 fee to unfreeze
their reports when they need to be accessed legitimately.  Other states
have enacted data security legislation as well.
http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4307966&nav=0nqx
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060102/OPINION01/601020305/1015
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/13532711.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0512310060dec31,1,1644957.story?coll=chi-business-hed
http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=4306169&nav=81AX

-- Raj

Rajesh Goel, CISSP
cell (917) 685-7731
CTO: Brainlink International, Inc.
"IT Crisis Management and Solutions"
HIPAA, PCI/CISP Credit Card, Sarbanes-Oxley & GLBA Information Security Compliance