07/19/2011 - Data Security Legislation Moves in the House

04/13/2011 - Privacy Legislation Introduced in Congress

12/16/2010 - Department of Commerce Issues Privacy Report

12/07/2010 - House Passes Bill to Narrow the Applicability of the Federal Trade Commission's "Red Flag" Rule

12/01/2010 - FTC Issues Report on Consumer Privacy

09/29/2010 - NAR Letter to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Regarding the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010 (PDF: 107K)

07/22/2010 - NAR Letter to Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL) on H.R. 5777, the "Building Effective Strategies To Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguard Act" (the "Best Practices Act") (PDF: 234K)

07/19/2010 - New Consumer Privacy Legislation Introduced

06/04/2010 - NAR Submits Comments on Draft Privacy Bill

06/04/10 - NAR Letter to Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL) Expressing Concerns with the Privacy Discussion Draft Legislation (PDF: 135K)

05/28/2010 - FTC Delays Red Flag Rule Enforcement Again

05/04/2010 - Data Consumer Privacy Bill is Released

12/08/2009 - House Passes Data Security Legislation

11/23/2009 - House Commerce Subcommittees Hold Hearing on Data Privacy

11/09/2009 - Data Security Bills Clear Senate Judiciary Committee

11/09/2009 - FTC Extends Enforcement Date for "Red Flags" Rule to June 1, 2010

10/28/2009 - NAR Letter Expresses Concerns with Senate Data Security Legislation

10/28/2009 - NAR Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Markup of Data Security Legislation (PDF: 97K)

10/05/2009 - House Energy & Commerce Committee Approves Data Security Legislation

08/06/2009 - Video: Data Security Heating Up for Real Estate

08/03/2009 - FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Date for Low-Risk Entities to November 1, 2009

07/27/2009 - New Privacy Bills Introduced

06/22/2009 - FTC Offers Identity Theft Testimony on Hill

06/22/2009 - House Hearings Consider Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation

06/15/2009 - Banking Agencies Issue Red Flag FAQs on Identity Theft Rules

05/18/2009 - FTC Provides Red Flag Compliance Templates for Low Risk Entities

05/04/2009 - FTC Announces Red Flags Rule Enforcement Delay

04/06/2009 - FTC Offers "Red Flag" Compliance Website for Design of Identity Theft Programs

01/21/2008 - Federal Agencies Publish Final Rule for Users of Credit Reports on Identifying Address Discrepancy Red Flags

12/24/2007 - FTC Announces Identity Theft Online Tutorial

12/17/2007 - FTC Holds Workshop to Discuss Use of Social Security Numbers

12/10/2007 - FTC launches online tutorial on Identity Theft

04/30/2007 - Senate Commerce Committee Considers Identity Theft Bill

01/18/2007 - NAR Comment Letter to FTC on Identity Theft Task Force, P065410 (PDF: 95K)

09/15/2006 - NAR Comment Letter to FTC on Red Flags (PDF: 135K)

08/10/2006 - NAR Video on Identity Theft