The U.S. has the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces consumer protection laws. They don't have a national privacy act, and one of the things that hamper their fight against ID theft is that there are no national standards for personal information protection. But they do have a very efficient agency, the Federal Trade Commission, that has set up a clearing house for ID theft. I think it has been quite successful in gathering statistics and, to some extent, in educating the public and prosecuting, but not completely, which is why the President called for a special report on it.
On May 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.