California’s Attorney General issued draft regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)—a law creating new rights for Californians effective on January 1, 2020. Among other things, these regulations would
According to the Pew Research Center’s recent Americans and Digital Knowledge report, most Americans are unable to answer basic questions about privacy and cybersecurity. They surveyed 4,272 U.S. adults with a set of 10 questions on a range of digital topics.
means personally identifiable financial information (1) provided by a consumer to a financial institution, (2) resulting from any transaction with the consumer or any service performed for the consumer, or (3) otherwise obtained by the financial institution.
The term consumer reporting agency means any person which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties, and which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.
(n)(1) Nonpublic personal information means:
(i) Personally identifiable financial information; and
(ii) Any list, description, or other grouping of consumers (and publicly available information pertaining to them) that is derived using any personally identifiable financial information that is not publicly available.
(2) Nonpublic personal information does not include:
(i) Publicly available information, except as included on a list described in paragraph (n)(1)(ii) of this section; or
With the ability to steal many card numbers before being discovered, card skimmers placed in gas pumps can transmit their stolen information via Bluetooth.
You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information in any consumer report prepared about you by a consumer reporting agency (CRA) including credit reporting agencies (credit bureaus) and specialty agencies (check writing history, medical records, rental history).
A specialty consumer report (compiled by a specialty consumer reporting agency) may include
- residential or tenant history
- check writing and banking history
- employment history
- insurance claims
- medical records and prescription history