8/9/06-Gov. Mike Easley has signed a bill into law requiring local and state governments to take preventative measures to combat identity theft in handling customers’ personal information.
The new law is intended to close a loophole in a law enacted last year that required only businesses to notify customers about data breaches.
State law enacted a year ago restricts the sale and display of Social Security numbers, and mandates companies to properly destroy information when they throw it away.
This year’s version – HB1248 – allows the Secretary of State’s Office to delay until July 2007 removing Social Security numbers from an estimated 500,000 online records.

7/19/06-The General Assembly has approved a bill that would require local and state governments to take preventative measures to combat identity theft in handling customers’ personal information.
The House gave final approval Monday, July 17, to the measure that closes a loophole in a law enacted last year that required only businesses to notify customers about data breaches. HB1248 now heads to Gov. Mike Easley’s desk.
State law enacted a year ago restricts the sale and display of Social Security numbers, and mandates companies to properly destroy information when they throw it away.
This year’s bill would allow the Secretary of State’s Office to delay until July 2007 removing Social Security numbers.
For bill status, call (919) 933-7779 or (919) 933-7778.