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Press Release - October 14, 2005

Upcoming Summit to Focus on Training to Combat Identity Theft
FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras Scheduled to Attend

California's second summit on identity theft will be held February 23, 2006 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The summit, entitled Teaming Up Against Identity Theft: A Summit on Solutions, will be convened by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and will be presented by the California State and Consumer Services Agency and the California Department of Consumer Affairs, in cooperation with the California District Attorneys Association.

The summit will provide training to equip law enforcement, consumers, attorneys, businesses, higher education institutions and state and local governments to effectively combat identity theft. An in-depth briefing on privacy and identity theft issues will be offered to the news media as well. A victims clinic will also be offered to help victims learn how recover from identity theft, and new technologies and services to help prevent, detect and respond to identity theft will be on display.

In addition, Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras has confirmed she will be giving a keynote address at the summit.
Teaming Up Against Identity Theft: A Summit on Solutions is an outgrowth of California's first-ever summit on identity theft held March 1, 2005. That summit identified specific problem areas and resulted in several recommendations to address them. Among the findings from the first summit was that more training needs to be done to equip law enforcement with tools to better investigate and prosecute identity theft -- training that will be conducted at the February 23, 2006 summit.

The findings and recommendations from the March 1, 2005 summit are contained in a report released October 12, 2005. The report is available online at http://www.idtheftsummit.ca.gov/2005_report.pdf.

 

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