Court rules for immigrant in ID theft case (AP via Yahoo! News)
A unanimous Supreme Court said Monday that undocumented workers who use phony IDs can't be considered identity thieves without proof they knew they were stealing real people's Social Security and other numbers.

'Magic' plates disappear from Hohhot roads (People's Daily)
"Magic" license plates that allow unmarked police cars to violate traffic laws have been scrapped by a city in Inner Mongolia after complaints that abuses by officers were putting lives at risk. The government of the autonomous region's capital Hohhot cancelled all 700 of its "meng-OA" plates in favor of ordinary registration numbers on April 25, said Yan Bing, chief of the public security ...

Calif. bill to protect Social Security numbers, medical records and other personal data (The Salinas Californian)
SACRAMENTO - Social Security numbers, medical records and other personal data could get more protection from disclosure if a bill that passed its first legislative review Tuesday becomes law.