We do not give permission to the county of Grand Forks, to the state of North Dakota,  to any government entity, or official, to take a picture of our home and place it on the internet.

Rex retired from the Army in 1999. In July of last year, someone was able to get a military ID from Fort Bragg with his name and Social Security number. Using that ID and Rex's good credit history, that person was able to buy cars, motorcycles and open credit card and checking accounts. Rex never came in contact with this person, lost a credit card or was careless with his Social Security number.

Tena Friery, Research Director

On June 11, 2002, voters in North Dakota spoke overwhelmingly in favor of financial privacy. A referendum which would prohibit banks from sharing, selling or otherwise disclosing personal financial information succeeded by a majority of three to one. This confirms what polls have been telling us for years. Consumers feel strongly about privacy, particularly when it comes to the sensitive information in bank records.

Elizabeth Mohr, Assistant Chief Counsel
Mary Ann Shulman, Staff Counsel
California Department of Insurance
Rate Enforcement Bureau
San Francisco, CA 94105 

RE: Comment on Proposed Regulations Concerning Privacy of Personal Financial and Medical Record Information - File No. RH-01018269

Submitted by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
and the following organizations:
CALPIRG
Consumers Union Western Regional Office

The Teale Data Center for the State of California has reported a security breach in the data base that holds payroll deduction information for all state government employees. According to news reports, officials for the Data Center are quite certain that data was not removed, although they are not entirely certain. One of the data elements in the data base is employee Social Security number (SSN). The incident apparently occurred in April 2002.

By Beth Givens
EFF Pioneer Award
Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference
San Francisco CA

I thank you - the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the judges. It is truly an honor to receive a Pioneer Award and to join the other Pioneers whom I've admired and revered for years.

I want to say a few words of thanks - and then briefly describe our work in terms of the larger issue of "transparency." But first - my thanks.

Robert Gellman has released a paper on the costs of NOT protecting privacy. The March 26, 2002, white paper is titled "Privacy, Consumers, and Costs: How The Lack of Privacy Costs Consumers and Why Business Studies of Privacy Costs Are Biased and Incomplete."

San Francisco - The ceremony for the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 11th Annual Pioneer Awards will take place at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on April 17, 2002, in conjunction with the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in San Francisco.

March 11, 2002 Comments

June 13, 2002, Comments

March 11, 2002

The Honorable Bill Lockyer, Attorney General
P.O. Box 989056
West Sacramento, CA 95798-9056

RE: Comments on Implementation of California's Do Not Call Registry
http://www.ag.ca.gov/donotcall/index.htm

Dear Mr. Lockyer:

December 4, 2001
Interagency Public Workshop
"Get Noticed: Effective Financial Privacy Notices"
Federal Trade Commission

Comments By:
Tena Friery, Research Director
and Beth Givens, Director
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

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