credit reporting agencies
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Colorado lawmakers look to protect personal information under 3 new bills
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Finding out your identity and your personal information are under attack is a nightmare. And it’s one that Republican state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial has experienced – twice. A couple of years ago, Wist found out someone was trying to file false tax returns using his Social Security number, and false returns using his…
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Williams to sponsor bill to protect consumers from credit reporting agencies
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UPDATED with comment from Rep. Williams on credit alternatives. More than 145 million Americans woke up on Sept. 8 to find that their personal data, including Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers had been stolen through a security breach at the credit reporting agency Equifax. Rep. Dave Williams…