* California law on identity theft has far-reaching consequences

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Network World, 04/26/05

The California Database Security Breach Notification regulation requires that companies with customers in California notify those customers if they have discovered a breach in their databases that could expose the customers to identity theft.

This regulation has already had a significant impact on a growing trend to protect consumers from identity theft - if not on the security practices of financial services institutions, then at least on the public visibility and awareness of embarrassing security blunders.