Sammamish establishes ID theft prevention program
April 28, 2009
By Administrator
In compliance with federal regulations, the City Council established identity theft prevention measures April 21. Finance Director Lyman Howard, who is in charge of overseeing the program, said the city isn’t at risk of identity theft scenarios.
The measures were a requirement passed down from the Federal Trade Commission as part of a law called the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003.
“It really doesn’t affect us that much,” Howard said.
If the city had its own surface water utility, and billed its residents on a monthly basis, it would have to be more cognizant of identity theft risks, Howard said.
Since the city contracts out for all its utilities, the identify theft prevention measures are more likely to affect public utilities, such as Sammamish’s two water and sewer districts, Howard said.
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