I look forward to a comprehensive package being introduced on the general issue of identity theft. But sometimes issues as big as this--if you look at identity theft, copyright, competition law, and a lot of other areas of public policy—are actually addressed better by identifying a specific problem and making amendments to target that specific problem.
I'm chair of the industry committee, and we have a lot of examples of where public policy is so broad—Copyright is one example. We've been debating that for the last 20 years. We don't know when the legislation will come forward, because people have one problem with one particular aspect of the bill.
A way to start addressing identity theft is by saying, here's a specific way of dealing with this personal and specific problem we have, and plugging that gap right now. Then when the government brings forward legislation to deal with the broader issue, if it's covered within their legislation they may say, okay, that problem has been addressed; let's address everything else. Or they may bring forward their general legislation and say that it is addressed within the general legislation.
Either way, I think this bill has moved the issue forward and addressed the specific issue that needed to be addressed.