Lawmakers target identity theft

Lawmakers take aim at identity theft in Texas according to this Austin newspaper story. This article outlines the explosion of consumer protection laws regarding privacy, identity theft concerns and issues regarding data loss by corporations that maintain sensitive information on consumers. This can only grow in the near future and will inevitably lead to national laws and an explosion of class action lawsuits against data aggregators with access to personal and private information on consumers.

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