MORIARTY & CONAWAY BILL TARGETING IDENTITY THEFT THROUGH DIGITAL COPY MACHINES ADVANCED BY PANEL
(TRENTON) – Legislation Assembly Democrats Paul Moriarty and Herb Conaway, M.D., sponsored to combat identity theft by requiring the hard drives of all digital copy machines to be wiped clean to protect sensitive, personal information was advanced Monday by an Assembly committee.
The information is stored on each machine, in some cases in perpetuity, unbeknownst to millions of consumers. The bill (A-1238) was advanced by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee.
“Most digital copy machines use internal hard drives, which store every document that has been scanned, printed, faxed or emailed by the machines, many times numbering in the tens of thousands by the time a copier is resold or returned at the end of a lease agreement,” said Moriarty (D-Gloucester/Camden), who chairs the committee. “According to news reports, most businesses do not erase the hard drive on a copier before getting rid of it, putting the highly sensitive information of millions of consumers at serious risk of theft..."
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