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Richard Wee Thiam Seng
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 Forum on IT Law and Identity Theft - 2008/11/11 18:19 According to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2006, 1 of every 8 American had their identity 'stolen' on the Net. Someone pretending to be you using your name on the Net can do much damage to you.

This problem is so serious in US, that almost every state in US have laws specifically governing this. See link:-

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/privacy/idt-statutes.htm

The KL Bar Information Technology Committee have been reviewing this area of law for a while now and will host a FORUM on this issue next week. We are concerned that this problem will soon be a major problem in here.

Forum titled:
Identity Theft in the cyber world – Are you really who you are in the internet?

Date : 20th November 2008
Day : Thursday
Time : Tentatively set at 6pm, subject to change (will be confirmed soon)
Location : Bar Council Auditorium

Speakers:-
1. Deepak Pillai - Advocate & Solicitor, well versed in IT Laws.
2. Officer from Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) (TBC)
3. Learned Professor from our University. (TBC)

Entrance Fee Waived. Open to the Public.

Please attend to know the Law on this area.
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 Re:Forum on IT Law and Identity Theft - 2008/11/17 12:12 Dear readers,

This is the updated information of the said Forum.


Identity Theft in the cyber world – Are you really who you are in the internet?

The KL Bar Information Technology Committee
presents a Forum on Identity Theft

Date: 20.11.2008
Time: 3.00pm
Venue: Bar Council Auditorium
1st Floor, No 13 - 17, Leboh Pasar Besar, Kuala Lumpur.

Speakers:
1. Deepak Pillai - Advocate & Solcitor
2. Prof. Abu Bakar Munir – Professor in Law from University of Malaya
3. Shamsul Jafni Salleh - former Director of Security, Trust and Governance Department of Malaysian Communication And Multimedia Commission (MCMC)

Admission: FREE

For registration information, please contact Masni at the KL Bar Secretariat at
03- 26933585 or masni@klbar.org.my

I hope you will attend.
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 Identity Theft in Cyber Space - a very serious problem - 2008/11/17 12:57 In April 2004, the New Straits Times focus on this issue of Identity Theft in Cyber Space.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/LearningCurve/20080419163016/Article/index_html

IN UK, there is even a dedicated website for this
http://www.identity-theft.org.uk/what-is-identity-theft.asp

IN US there are laws specifically dealing with this.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/privacy/idt-statutes.htm

A case on point is the case of Edward Anderton an American Ivy League graduate who was sentenced to a 4 year jail term for stealing identities and living a lavish live at other people's expense, of course. See link:-
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,451944,00.html

The Information Technology Law Committee of KL Bar views this problem to be a serious one. The upcoming Forum this Thursday is a platform to discuss this issue. The Forum will host 3 great speakers, and we hope as many people as possible will attend. Entrance is Free.

Thanks

richard wee
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 Re:Identity Theft in Cyber Space - a very serious problem - 2008/11/19 19:48 Gentle reminder to all - The Forum on Identity Theft at the Bar Council Auditorium is on the 20th Nov 2008, at 3.00pm.

I hope you will attend. More than 40 people have registered for the Forum. Light tea and finger food will be served.

Thanks


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