West Virginia House Bill 2705 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2008 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2008-01-09 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

The purpose of this bill is to establish a procedure whereby a consumer may implement a security freeze to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from releasing all or any part of the consumer's credit report or any information derived from it without the express authorization of the consumer; to provide for protection for consumer credit header information; to provide for the right to file a police report in the event of security theft; to require a notice to consumers of a breach of information systems; to provide for a judicial declaration of factual innocence for victims of identity theft; and to provide for protection of social security numbers. Civil penalties are provided for violations.

Establishing a procedure whereby a consumer may implement a security freeze to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from releasing all or any part of the consumer's credit report

Del. Charlene Marshall [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-09		To House Judiciary
2008-01-09		Introduced in House
2008-01-09		To Judiciary
2008-01-09		Filed for introduction

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2705&year=2008&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill