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[Clips] Schwarzenegger signs law to punish phishing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R.A. Hettinga)
Sat Oct 1 10:51:13 2005
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:48:58 -0400
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<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9547692/print/1/displaymode/1098/>
MSNBC.com
Schwarzenegger signs law to punish phishing
California law first of its kind in the United States
Reuters
Updated: 9:32 p.m. ET Sept. 30, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Friday
making Internet "phishing" identity theft scams punishable by law.
The bill, advanced by state Sen. Kevin Murray, is the first of its kind in
the United States and makes "phishing" - getting people to divulge personal
information via e-mail by representing oneself as a business without the
approval or authority of the business - a civil violation.
Victims may seek to recover actual damages or $500,000 for each violation,
depending upon which is greater. Phishing often involves the use of names
of legitimate banks, retailers and financial institutions to convince
recipients of bogus e-mail offers to respond.
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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