While big-time data brokers like Choicepoint and Lexis Nexis would prefer that expanded regulation of their industry come from the federal level, state governments are not exactly sitting on their hands.

The Washington Post is reporting that 28 states are considering bills of various types to provide increased consumer protection against data fraud. This comes in response to a a year (barely three months old) on which over 1 million social security numbers have already been reported stolen.

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-- MDT

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