The Identity Theft Prevention and Resolution Bill (Law'd)

[MasterJedi]

The Identity Theft Prevention and Resolution Bill

Recognizing the severe damage caused to, hard working and law abiding, Atlasians; and to there names, credit, and future freedom of action by Identity Theft, the following shall be enforced.

Section 1: Definitions

ID Theft shall be defined as the deliberate and intentional stealing of a person's identity to a achieve a financial, legal, or social benefit. ID Theft shall be regarded as a felonious criminal act.

Section 2: Prevention

Clause 1: It shall be a crime punishable by a $10,000 fines for any corporation or entity to sell, distribute, or in any other way release into public knowledge private information regarding a client, customer, employee, partner, supplier, or vendor without there expressed permission. Such information would include social security number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, names, phone numbers, e-mails, and home addresses.

Clause 2: Any person who steals a persons identity and uses it to make a purchase or sell a good or service, borrow money, or commit a crime shall face a $250,000 fine and up to 5 years in jail for the committing of felony ID theft, or shall be required to pay full restitution of damages, to the victims of there crime, up to $1,000,000.

Clause 3: All businesses are required to submit there employees’ social Security Numbers prior to there hiring. In the event of any "confirmed no-matches" between the name and social security number, the social security administration is required to send out a no-match letter to the Employer and inform the Office of Identity Security Enforcement.

Clause 4: The office of Identity Security Enforcement (ISE) is hereby created within the FBI and given $50 million annually to investigate potential cases of ID theft and enforce federal law in regards to protecting people's identity.   

Section 3: Resolution
 
Clause 1: Any person who is the victim of a previous ID theft shall not be held accountable for purchases, sales, debts, profits, or taxes accrued by someone else, under there name.

Clause 2: The Identity Restoration Agency is hereby established, and appropriated $5 million annually, to recognize victims of ID theft and help them restore there credit and records. They shall provide a toll-free hot line for victims of ID theft to contact for help.

Clause 3: Any cases in which the perpetrator has not been caught or the case has yet to reach the authorities, the Identity Restoration Agency is to inform the ISE of the crime.
Spon: Sen. NC yankee

[Franzl]

Looks good to me.

[tmthforu94]

Looks good to me.

[afleitch]

A fair bill. Though it is worth acknowledging that identity theft can often occur outside Atlasia if information is stored in outsourced processing centres etc. Naturally this law cannot cover that loss unless the company contracted to deal with the data (and who subsequently outsources it) is an Atlasian based company. Am I correct in that assertion?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A fair bill. Though it is worth acknowledging that identity theft can often occur outside Atlasia if information is stored in outsourced processing centres etc. Naturally this law cannot cover that loss unless the company contracted to deal with the data (and who subsequently outsources it) is an Atlasian based company. Am I correct in that assertion?

That is definately something that needs to be looked into. We would need some kind of International agreement to deal with that. I think though that if they store information of Atlasians they should be subject to our protections.

I dove through the Wiki and found very little except a bill from 2005 that dealt more with Privacy then ID theft. I am sure that some improvements can and should be made with the bill that I have introduced. So if anybody has any objections or notices a problem please do come forward and offer an amendment. This issue gets so little attention primarily cause it has been linked to the Immigration debate in RL since a number of offenders are illegal Aliens. Since Immigration has already been dealt with in Atlasia, I hope that does not come up. ID theft can be as destructive as a serious illness can be to a family that is uninsured. It can hit anyone, rich or poor, black, white, hispanic, etc. You got a Social Security Number you are risk basically. The hardest hit are the poor of course. I read a story once about a poor African American single mother who lost her Food Stamps and Medicaid cause someone had stolen her ID and was making $75,000 a year under it and Social Services didn't bother to investigate before revoking the aid. We shouldn't let this be occuring.

[Purple State]

Just a small amendment, because "identity" can be a broad word:

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[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just a small amendment, because "identity" can be a broad word:

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I agree that it can so I will except it as friendly.

[Purple State]

Just a small amendment, because "identity" can be a broad word:

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I agree that it can so I will except it as friendly.

Was wondering if you would edit it once you realized I screwed the quote formatting up.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Just a small amendment, because "identity" can be a broad word:

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I agree that it can so I will except it as friendly.

Was wondering if you would edit it once you realized I screwed the quote formatting up.

I noticed when I hit post and my statement occured inside your quote box as if you had said it. I just added one one of the "quote ends" to it figuring I had deleted it accidentally.

[MasterJedi]

I hereby open up a final vote on the bill shown below. Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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Aye

[afleitch]

Aye

[MaxQue]

Aye

[tmthforu94]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

[Fritz]

Aye

[MasterJedi]

With 6 Ayes, 0 Nays and 0 Abstentions this bill has passed. I hereby present it to the President for his signature.

[Purple State]

Aye ftr

[Marokai Backbeat]

Aye ftr

[Franzl]

Aye ftr

[Hash]

Aye ftr

[Lief 🗽]

ok

X Lief

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I thank all the Senators and the President for the passage of this bill into the law. This is an issue facing many Atlasians that is just unjust and shouldn't be happening. The financial havoc it creates for people is often very damaging long term.