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Phishing Now Illegal in California

Signed into law on September 30, S.B. No. 355: This bill would enact the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005. The bill would make it unlawful for any person, through the Internet or other electronic means, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing itself to be a business without the approval or authority of the business. The bill would provide certain civil remedies and civil penalties for a violation in that regard.

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