BREAKING NEWS -- FTC Delays Enforcement of "Red Flag" Rules ---Again

BREAKING NEWS: 

 
The Federal Trade Commission has again extended the enforcement deadline for the Red Flags Rule, according to an agency press release. Creditors and financial institutions now have until November 1, 2009 to come into compliance with the rule, which was mandated by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. Meanwhile, the commission will redouble efforts to educate businesses affected by the rule on what they must do to comply. The Red Flags Rule requires entities to implement programs for identifying, detecting and responding to harbingers of identity theft, or "red flags."   Hospitals and retailers had been especially vocal about lack of knowledge as to whether they should be required to comply.  In addition, the American Bar Association had been threatening to take legal action if the FTC did not clarify that the rule should not apply to lawyers before August 1. 

More coming.