Identity Theft laws in Hawaii

• Identity theft Law - HI Rev. Stat. § 708-839.6-8 (See statutes and documents)
  www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
   
• Act 135  (Notification of Security Breaches).
  • Requires businesses and government agencies that keep confidential personal information about consumers to notify those consumers if that information has been compromised by an unauthorized disclosure.
  • Takes effect on January 1, 2007.
    
• Act 136  (Destruction of Personal information).
  • The law, sometimes referred to as the "dumpster diving" law, requires businesses and government agencies to take reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to an individual’s personal information when disposing of the records they keep.
  • Takes effect on January 1, 2007.
    
• Act 137  (Social Security Number Protection).
  • Restricts businesses and government agencies from disclosing consumers’ Social Security numbers to the general public.
  • Takes effect on July 1, 2007.
• Act 139  (Criminal Penalties).
  • Establishes "unauthorized possession of confidential personal information" as a class C felony and adds identity theft as an enumerated offense within the repeat offender statute.
  • Took effect on May 25, 2006.
    
• Act 140  (ID Theft Task Force).
  • Better protects Hawaii’s citizens from identity theft by changing the name of the Hawaii Anti-Phishing Task Force to the Identity Theft Task Force and expands the Task Force’s responsibilities to include prevention of identity theft.
  • Took effect on May 25, 2006.
    

Credit Freeze Law in Hawaii

• Credit Freeze - Title 26 Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 1 et seq. (HB 1871):
  www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/HI_security_ freeze_law.pdf
  • Effective Date: January 1, 2007
  • Victims of ID theft only, with a police, investigative report or complaint filed
    with a law enforcement agency.
  • for instructions on how to place a security freeze in Hawaii:
    http://www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityHI.pdf

Contacts in Hawaii

• Attorney General: Mark J. Bennett (R)
  425een St., Honolulu, HI 96813
  Phone: (808) 586-1500
  Website: http://www.hawaii.gov/ag
   
• DMV
  Website: www.dmv.org/hi-hawaii/department-motor-vehicles.php
   
• Department of Public Safety
  Website: www.hawaii.gov/psd/psd_home.php
   
• Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  Website: www.hawaii.gov/dcca/quicklinks/id_theft_info/