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Published: Dec 01, 2005 12:00 AM
Modified: Dec 01, 2005 04:34 AM

HIGHLIGHTS OF IDENTITY-THEFT LAW

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* Requires businesses to destroy customers' personal identification information that is no longer needed.

* Requires businesses to notify customers if their personal information is stolen.

* Allows people to ask a register of deeds or court clerk to remove Social Security, driver's license and credit card numbers and other information from their Internet sites.

* Limits government collection of Social Security numbers and requires agencies to protect those they collect.

For more information about freezing credit reports and for a sample letter requesting a freeze, go to www.ncdoj.com/idtheft.

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