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Members of the California State Legislature
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Senators and Assemblymembers:

Comments submitted by:
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Privacy Activism

California Department of Insurance Workshop Date:
June 23, 2008

Ms. Sara Urakawa
California Department of Insurance
Rate Enforcement Bureau

Today, the Financial Services Privacy Coalition published a full-page ad in major California newspapers.

March 4, 2005

Donald Hilla, Senior Staff Counsel
California Department of Insurance
45 Fremont Street, 21st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Submitted electronically: hillad@insurance.ca.gov

Yes, but all verifiable sources of income must be considered the same. For example, disability income may not be treated differently from office job income.

A CALPIRG/Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Report
By Janine Benner, CALPIRG; Beth Givens, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; and Ed Mierzwinski, USPIRG.

 I. Executive Summary  

A credit freeze is the greatest protection you have against identity theft, specifically new account fraud. In 2003, California became the first state in the US to pass a law giving its residents the right to freeze their credit.

For this entry, we will be taking a look at AB 1580, the California bill that gives children (and other protected individuals) the ability to use a credit freeze to as a tool to help protect against identity theft.