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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
Docket Id: RIN 3084-AA94

Submitted by:

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse                                                                   
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A new federal law, known as the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, or FACTA, adopted by Congress in 2003 gives consumers nationwide the right to receive a free copy of their credit report. The law is being phased in through the U.S. and Midwest states are next on the rollout list. Read More

Submitted electronically by the PRC to: Notice.Comments@irscounsel.treas.gov

Comments on the Availability of Sensitive Information about Consumers and Its Possible Use for Financial Fraud

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Docket No. R-0953

Comments Submitted by:
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
PrivacyActivism
Electronic Privacy Information Center

Joel Winston
Associate Director
Financial Practices Division
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20580

In 1973 the U.S. Dept of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) to look at the impact of computerization on medical records privacy. The members wanted to develop policies that would allow the benefits of computerization to go forward, but at the same time provide safeguards for personal privacy.