A California privacy advocate called on President Bush and Congress on Wednesday to respect state laws that limit banks' ability to share their customers' sensitive personal information.. . .

A California privacy advocate called on President Bush and Congress on Wednesday to respect state laws that limit banks' ability to share their customers' sensitive personal information.

Standing in front of the White House, activist Jamie Court said Bush was not living up to campaign promises to limit the ability of banks and other financial businesses to trade customers' Social Security numbers and other sensitive information.

Such widespread trafficking in customer details enables identity theft, Court said, brandishing mock-ups of senior government officials' Social Security cards that he said he bought online.

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