N.C. identity theft prevention bill signed into law
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
By Chris Fitzsimon
RALEIGH -Businesses in North Carolina may not use Social Security numbers as customer identification in a wide-ranging identity theft bill that Gov. Mike Easley signed into law Wednesday.
The measure is designed to reduce the more than 300,000 residents that state officials say are victims of identity theft annually in North Carolina.
Each victim on average spends $800 and 175 hours over a nearly two-year period to clean up the damage, according to the Office of Attorney General Roy Cooper, which pushed for the changes. (more…)
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