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Friday, June 17, 2005

Congress offers competing ideas on fighting ID theft

Computerworld has some pretty thorough coverage of the recent US Senate hearings on ID theft: Congress offers competing ideas on fighting ID theft - Computerworld.

Posted by privacylawyer at 6/17/2005 07:21:00 pm
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