California

Alerts and News for California

• Scam Alert! Southern California Residents
  Scams to look out for due to the recent fires (10/24/07)

Identity Theft laws in California

• Identity theft Law - Cal. Penal Code §§ 530.5-530.8
  www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=528-539
  
• CA Breach Law - SB 1386
  http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/01-02/bill/sen/sb_1351-1400/sb_1386_bill_20020926_chaptered.html
  • AB 1298 Medical Information Confidentiality, Security Freeze, Secruity Breach Notification
    www.oispp.ca.gov/consumer_privacy/privacy_leg/leg.asp 
• Social Security Numbers in Local Government Records and Hight Education  AB 1168
  http://www.oispp.ca.gov/consumer_privacy/privacy_leg/leg.asp
• Spam Laws -   § 17529,   § 17538.45.
  www.spamlaws.com/state/ca.shtml

Credit Freeze Law in California

• Freeze Law - California Civil Code sections 1785.11.2-1785.11.6.
  www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=14008017861+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
  
  • Effective Jan. 1, 2003, subsequently amended to cap fees on non-ID theft victims
  • No fee for victims to place the freeze, others pay up to $10 per freeze.
  • Caps fee to lift freeze at $10 for temporary lifting for a time, $12 for temporary lift for one creditor.
  • Click Here to Learn How to Place the Freeze 

  Contacts in California

• Attorney General: Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. (D)
  1300 I St., Ste. 1740, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Phone: (916) 445-9555
  Website: http://ag.ca.gov
   
• California Office of Privacy Protection, (Dept. of Consumer Affairs)
  Phone: (866) 785-9663
  Website: www.privacy.ca.gov 
   
• Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs
  Identity Theft Unit
  Phone: (800) 593-8222 (option 5)
  This Department can help L.A. County residents who are victims of identity theft deal with creditors, collection agencies, etc. This is a resource for victims to help restore their finances back to normal.
  Email: dca@dca.lacounty.gov
  Website: http://dca.lacounty.gov/
   
• CA Department of Corrections
  Phone: 866-275-2677
  Website: www.corp.ca.gov
   
• CA Secretary of State
  Phone: 916-653-6814
  Website: www.ss.ca.gov 
   
• CA DMV Fraud Department
  Phone / Local: 866-658-5758
  Phone / Out of State: 916-657-2274
  Website: www.dmv.ca.gov
  Email: DLFraud@DMV.CA.gov
   
• CA Identity Theft Registry
  (for victims of Criminal Identity Theft)
  Website: http://ag.ca.gov/idtheft/general.php
   
• Board of Registered Nursing
  Phone: 916-455-4171
  Website: www.rn.ca.gov
   
• CA Department of Social Services
  Phone: 916-651-8848
  Website: www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb 
   
• CA Franchise Tax Board
  Phone: 800-852-5711
  Website: www.ftb.ca.gov 

  CRAs and FTC

• Equifax
  PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
  Phone: (800) 525-6285
  Website: www.equifax.com
• Experian
  PO Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013-0949
  Phone: (888 )397-3742
  Website: www.experian.com
• TransUnion
  PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834
  Phone: (800) 680-7289
  Website: www.transunion.com
• FTC
  Identity Theft Complaint Input Form

If you know of any not-for-fee identity theft resources in California that you would like to see on this page, please email ITRC.