United States:
House Passes Bill To Counter Identity Theft Against Children
09 July 2018
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On April 17, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act,
which authorizes the Social Security Administration to establish a
new database so that financial institutions can verify a
person's Social Security number, name, and date of birth before
reporting it to a credit agency. The legislation seeks to prevent
"synthetic identity theft"—mixing a real Social
Security number with fake information—perpetuated against
children and others with minimal credit history.
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