The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) is extending further its deferral of enforcement of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule to November 1, 2009.1 This rule was promulgated pursuant to § 114 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”). Congress directed the Commission and other agencies to develop regulations requiring “creditors”2…
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McDonald’s employee in nude pix case: dismiss complaint
In a case that started last year, Cody Hayes, a former McDonald’s employee, has responded to McDonald’s complaint that if anyone uploaded Tina Sherman’s nude pictures to the internet, it was he. According to a report in Northwest Arkansas News: Hayes’ attorney, Steven Kay, wrote in the answer that “no factual basis has been plead…
New think tank on ID theft prevention tactics
A diverse group of expert volunteers including executives from US financial institutions, legal firms, software suppliers and law enforcement agencies, have come together to form a group that aims to show how ID data breaches can best be stopped. The FBI, computer products distributor Avnet and SSL certificate authority GoDaddy.com are a few of the…
Prominent Iranian journalist implicates Nokia in his arrest
Issa Saharkhiz, a prominent journalist and former senior Culture Ministry official, has told his family in a short phone call from prison that several of his ribs were broken during his arrest in northern Iran on July 4 in the postelection crackdown. The 56-year-old Saharkhiz has told his family the authorities traced him through his…