Connecticut

Connecticut

Identity Theft laws in Connecticut

• Identity theft Law - 1999 Gen. Stat. § 53(a)-129(a)
   
• Security Breach Law - 05-148
  www.cga.ct.gov/2005/act/Pa/2005PA-00148-R00SB-00650-PA.htm
   
• Spam Law - § 52-59b.
  www.spamlaws.com/state/ct.shtml

Credit Freeze Law in Connecticut

• Freeze Law - Connecticut General Statutes § 36a-701a www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/CT_security_ freeze_law.pdf
  • Effective date: Jan. 1, 2006
  • Fees: $10 to place, lift, or lift temporarily, $12 to lift for one creditor
  • For more information on the security freeze law in Connecticut: www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?A=1949&Q=293270
  • for instructions on how to place a security freeze: www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityCT.pdf

Contacts in Connecticut

• Attorney General: Richard Blumenthal (D)
  55 Elm St., Hartford, CT 06141-0120
  Phone: (860) 808-5318
  Website: www.ct.gov/ag/
• DMV
  Phone: 860-263-5700 (Within Hartford area or outside of Connecticut)
                800-842-8222 (Elsewhere in Connecticut)
  Website: www.ct.gov/dmv/site/default.asp
• Department of Consumer Protection
  Phone: (800) 842-2649
  Website: www.ct.gov/dcp

 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 Connecticut that you would like to see on this page, please email ITRC .