U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday called for <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5645845.html?tag=zdnn.alert">more government protection against identity theft</A> after a laptop storing nearly 100,000 Social Security numbers was purloined from a California university. Feinstein is proposing legislation requiring consumers to be notified when their personal data is compromised. She also demanded that the federal government restore funding for California's identity theft task forces.