We are excited to debut our latest YouTube video, Annual Credit Reports: Know Your Rights. The video demonstrates the importance of regularly checking your credit report.
Planning to spring clean your home or office? One of the biggest parts of spring cleaning is getting rid of clutter you no longer need. In the past, this meant tossing junk like a broken typewriter or planning a garage sale to recoup a few bucks for an old television. But in today's digital age, the adage "when in doubt, toss it out" could actually put you in harm's way. Identity thieves make a career seeking out discarded sensitive documents or digital devices loaded with personal data.
Multistakeholder Process to Develop Consumer Data Privacy Codes of Conduct
Docket No. 120114135-2135-01
Submitted April 2, 2012
I. Support for Consumer Privacy Legislation
II. Multistakeholder Process: Procedure
III. Multistakeholder Process: Topics to Address
Copyright © 1994 - 2012
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Posted October 1994
Revised April 2012
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Tabla de Contenido
Introducción
¿Por qué los empleadores realizan estas revisiones?
Comments of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Proposed Policy Statement on the Disclosure of Certain Credit Card Complaint Data
Docket No. CFPB-2011-0040
Submitted January 30, 2012
I. Public Access to Non-Narrative Data
II. Public Access to Data Contained in Narrative Fields
A. PRC's Approach
B. CFPB Consideration of the Following Prior to Making Narrative Fields Public
Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition
Project Number P115406
Submitted January 31, 2012
I. Privacy Concerns Surrounding the Adoption of Facial Detection and Recognition Technologies
II. Children, People with Disabilities, and Non-English Speakers Should be Taken into Consideration when Deploying Facial Detection or Recognition Technologies
III. Facial Detection and Recognition Technologies Should Be Prohibited in Certain Settings
IV. Best Practices for Providing Consumers with Notice and Choice
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is proud to announce the launch of an interactive online complaint center designed to serve as a clearinghouse for consumer privacy complaints. This builds upon our 19-year history of troubleshooting consumers’ complaints and questions regarding a wide variety of information privacy issues, including background checks, debt collection, data breaches, financial information, and online data brokers. The PRC's staff will review and respond to every complaint, providing individuals with information and strategies to address their problem.
Comments of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Federal Trade Commission
COPPA Rule Review, 16 CFR Part 312
Project No. P-104503
Submitted December 23, 2011
I. "Personal Information"
II. Definition of “Collects or Collection”
III. Confidentiality, Security and Integrity of Personal Information Collected from Children
IV. Data Retention and Deletion Requirements
V. Conclusion
The Top Half Dozen Most Significant Data Breaches in 2011
There are hundreds of ways that a consumer's personal information may be lost, stolen or exposed. An employee may lose a laptop, hackers may download credit card numbers or sensitive personal data may be accidentally exposed online.
The director of Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Beth Givens, went head to head in last Sunday's San Diego Union-Tribune with Michael Robertson, a San Diego-based high-tech entrepreneur who founded MP3.com and Gizmo5 among other ventures. The topic was online privacy. Givens and Robertson each contributed op-ed pieces to the Dialog section of the Union-Tribune.