Are you asking for a “smart” appliance or thermostat, fitness tracking device, connected security camera system for your home, or even smart clothing this holiday season? As the holiday season approaches, all the new cool technology gadgets that are “must haves” may have privacy risks you didn’t consider.
Re: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)
Docket No. NHTSA-2014-0022
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse comments submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov
Perhaps you just purchased a new home. Maybe you’re getting married or expecting a baby. You bought a new car. You subscribed to a magazine. Or maybe you just ordered a pizza. What do all of these activities have in common? There’s a good chance that your personal information may have fallen into the hands of a data broker.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Comments in Support of CFPB’s Complaint Narrative Proposal
Docket Number: CFPB-2014-0016
Submitted by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Sept. 22, 2014
If you have been a victim of a data breach, you need to understand that there are differences between the types of breaches and the potential for both financial fraud and/or identity theft.
September 10, 2014
Monica Jackson
Office of the Executive Secretary
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1275 First Street, NEa
Washington, DC 20002
Re: Request for Information Regarding the Use of Mobile Financial Services by Consumers and Its Potential for Improving the Financial Lives of Economically Vulnerable Consumers
Docket No. CFPB-2014-0012
Association of Information Technology Professionals
San Diego Chapter
Cyber Liability Event, San Diego, California, July 23, 2014
Data Breach Readiness and Follow-up: Being Prepared for the Inevitable
Presentation by Beth Givens, Executive Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this discussion on data breaches this evening.
Virtually every American adult uses at least one, and usually several, financial products. These include credit cards, pre-paid cards, bank accounts, credit reporting, mortgages, loans, and money transfers.
When problems occur, the consequences can be severe: for example, the inability to obtain credit; difficulty getting a mortgage; and being hounded by debt collectors for someone else’s debt.
Testimony by Beth Givens, Executive Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (July 17, 2014, El Paso TX)
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy organization. We are 21 years old and are located in San Diego, California.
The PRC takes complaints and questions from the general public on a variety of informational privacy issues. These include: debt collection, financial privacy, social media, medical records, employment topics, and Social Security numbers, among others.
Shortly after its founding, Facebook had developed a rather simple privacy policy: “No personal information that you submit to Thefacebook will be available to any user of the Web Site who does not belong to at least one of the groups specified by you in your privacy settings.”