New law requires notification in NY
Gov. George Pataki has signed a bill into law requiring companies, governments and private organizations to notify customers in cases where confidential information has been exposed to possible identity thieves.
The new law should prevent some identity theft or at least minimize the disruption to the lives of people whose identities could be used by criminals, Pataki said in a statement released by his office. Pataki himself was in China Tuesday meeting with government and commerce officials during a visit to promote New York businesses.
The new law, which takes effect in December, will make notification mandatory if databases involving identifying information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or bank and financial account numbers may have been hacked into by possible thieves. The law requires customers to be notified “without unreasonable delay.”
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