By Les Rosen, Esq. ©2003
Hallen D. Rosner (SBN 109740)
Alan M. Mansfield (SBN 125998)
John W. Hansen (SBN 214771)
ROSNER, LAW & MANSFIELD
10085 Carroll Canyon Road, First Floor
San Diego, California 92131
(858) 348-1005
(858) 348-1150
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
PRIVACY RIGHTS CLEARINGHOUSE and PRIVACYACTIVISM, on behalf of the general public,
Plaintiffs,
Por Les Rosen, Esq.© 2003
Cómo obtener trabajo luego de un antecedente criminal o delictivo: seis pasos críticos para ex-ofensores tratando de regresar a la fuerza de trabajo
Introducción
Email users are being bombarded with authentic-looking messages that instruct them to provide sensitive personal information. It's called "phishing." Individuals who "bite" are exposed to identity theft.
Phishing occurs when a consumer receives a deceptively-legitimate looking email from what appears to be a reputable company. The email asks recipients to update their credit card information or their account will be promptly terminated. Or the message offers a service to protect their credit cards from possible fraud.
Contact:
Beth Givens, PRC Director
619-298-3396
bethg(at)privacyrights.org
Beginning on July 1, state government agencies as well as companies and nonprofit organizations regardless of geographic location must notify California customers if personal information maintained in computerized data files have been compromised by unauthorized access.
Information Flows: The Costs and Benefits to Consumers and Businesses of the Collection and Use of Consumer Information2
FTC File No. P034102
June 18, 2003
Note: These written comments are a longer version of the presentation given by Beth Givens at the FTC's "Information Flows" workshop on June 18, 2003.
By Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
and Consumers Union, West Coast Regional Office
www.privacyrights.org
www.consumersunion.org
The laws cited below can be found in their entirety at:
www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html