Has your computer or smart phone become a resource to commit malicious acts against other persons and companies? By taking advantage of a wide variety of computer vulnerabilities, your device may become a zombie that is under the control of a criminal that conducts crime using electronic devices (e-criminal). Once an e-criminal has control, not only is your device being used to attack other systems, anything stored on, or typed into, that device is also compromised.
How Bots Work
The most recent total from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Chronology of Data Breaches shows more than a half billion sensitive records breached since 2005, leaving Americans vulnerable to identity theft.
Employees losing laptop computers, hackers downloading credit card numbers and sensitive personal data accidentally exposed online -- the Chronology of Data Breaches shows hundreds of ways that the personal information of consumers is lost, stolen or exposed.
Every time you post a comment on the Internet, create an online profile or upload of photo of yourself, you may be sending a time capsule to a future employer.
Consumer Federation of America
Fortieth Annual Awards Dinner
Speech by Beth Givens at CFA Awards Dinner
Recipient of
Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
June 23, 2010
Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference
June 15, 2010, San Jose State University
Panelists:
Joanne McNabb, moderator, Chief, California Office of Privacy Protection (see her panel introduction)
*Beth Givens, Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Pam Dixon, Executive Director, World Privacy Forum
Jim Adler, Chief Privacy Officer, Intelius Inc.
Les Rosen, President, Employment Screening Resources
While websites like Facebook and MySpace make it easy to share vacation photos with old classmates, the personal information on social networks is also attracting people besides friends and family members. Scam artists, identity thieves, debt collectors, stalkers, hiring managers, and companies looking for a marketing advantage are turning to social networking sites to gather valuable information.
Georgina Verdugo, DirectorOffice for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ATTN: HITECH Accounting of Disclosures
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
RE: Request for Information: Disclosure Accounting, RIN 0991-AB62
If you’re losing sleep over bad credit, ads promising a quick fix can seem like a dream come true. But, hook up with the wrong company and your dreams of clean credit can quickly turn into a living nightmare.
While the economy has faltered in recent years credit repair companies have flourished. As is often the case, hard times for consumers create opportunities for scammers. An unscrupulous credit repair company may collect upfront fees, may make you pay for things you can get for free or may even persuade you to break the law.
Computers, Freedom and Privacy in a Networked Society is currently taking place in San Jose, CA . Privacy professionals as well as the general public have been invited to hear expert speakers, attend panel discussions and learn about the impact of emerging technologies on individual liberties and personal privacy.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
April 14, 2010
Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission
Privacy Roundtables - Comment, Project No. P095416
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) appreciates the opportunity to submit the following comments on the employment background check process to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of the agency’s deliberations for the Privacy Roundtables series. The PRC is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization based in San Diego, California, and established in 1992.