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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Ha,
You aren't mistaken -- the law has indeed been changing in Washington State. In 2005 you had to show actual damage (theft, or personal data stolen) to get a freeze on your credit reports. My husband and I were victims of identify theft before 2005 and debated what to do should we become "eligible" for a credit freeze under the new 2005 laws.
See this 2005 announcement extolling this improvement: Credit Report Security Freeze Can Help Identity Theft Victims. Further improvements which you described in your email were enacted in subsequent years (2008 I think).
--Linney
Thanks, Linney. I will research this further and may do it. Nothing I hate quite as much as being victimized. Goes back a long way, in my life and also the lives of my hillbilly ancestors.
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