Ohio

Ohio

Ohio State Data Breach Consumer Notice Info   June 18, 2007

State of Ohio Privacy & Security Information Center
http://www.privacy.ohio.gov/

Identity theft laws in Ohio

• Identity theft Law - Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2913.49
  www.franklincountyohio.gov/probate/126.cfm
   
• Data Breach Law
  http://lsc.state.oh.us/coderev/hou126.nsf/House+Bill+Number/0104?OpenDocument
   
• Spam Law - § 2307.64.
  www.spamlaws.com/state/oh.shtml
   
• Ohio Expanded Identity Theft Laws
  Provided by ID Safety in partnership with International Association of Chiefs of Police and Bank of America

Ohio Identity Theft Passport Program

• Identity theft Law – 109.94
  www.ag.state.oh.us/victim/idtheft/fact_sheet.pdf

Credit Freeze Law in Ohio

• Freeze Law - www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/OK_security_%20freeze_law.pdf
  • Effective Sept. 1, 2008, 
  • No fee for victims to place the freeze, others pay $5 to place the freeze, temporarily lift, or remove the freeze altogether.
  • Click Here to Learn How to Place the Freeze 
  • Place the freeze over the phone
    • Equifax - 800-685-1111
    • Experian - 888-397-3742
    • TransUnion - 800-680-7289

Contacts in Ohio

• Attorney General:  Mike Dewine
  State Office Tower, 30 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215
  Phone: ( 800) 282-0515
  Local (614) 466-4986
  Website: www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov
  
• Report Medicaid Fraud
  Phone: 614-466-0722
  Online Report Form: www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Enforcement/Report-Medicaid-Fraud
  
• Ohio Department of Public Safety
  http://statepatrol.ohio.gov/
  
• Bureau of Motor Vehicles
  Phone: 614-752-7500               TDD: 614-752-4559
  Website: www.bmv.ohio.gov/bmv.asp
  
• Ohio Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  Website: www.jfs.ohio.gov/index.stm
  
• Report Welfare Fraud
  Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  Office of Research, Assessment & Accountability
  Bureau of Program Integrity Fraud Control Section
  4020 East Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43219
  Email: fcs@odjfs.state.oh.us
  Website: www.odjfs.state.oh.us/fraud/index.asp
  Online Report: www.odjfs.state.oh.us/fraud/form.asp
  Phone: 614-728-7741  (local)
             800-627-8133
   
• Passport Identity Victim Assistance Kit

  Website: www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/PassportKit
  
• Information for victims of Identity Theft

  Website: www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/IdentityTheft

  CRAs and FTC

• Equifax
  PO Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241
  Phone: (800) 525-6285
  Website: http://www.equifax.com/
• Experian
  PO Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013-0949
  Phone: (888 )397-3742
  Website: http://www.experian.com/
• TransUnion
  PO Box 6790, Fullerton, CA 92834
  Phone: (800) 680-7289
  Website: http://www.transunion.com/
• FTC
  Identity Theft Complaint Input Form
• FBI/FTC's Internet Fraud Task Force
  Website: http://www.ic3.gov/

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