Is a website that has outdated information about me allowed to charge me to take it down?
Sometimes. Currently, no federal law gives you the right to prevent data brokers from collecting, sharing or publishing your personal information.
Read MoreSometimes. Currently, no federal law gives you the right to prevent data brokers from collecting, sharing or publishing your personal information.
Read MoreYou can contact data brokers like MyLife directly to request that your information be removed, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed.
Read MoreData brokers have long operated under the radar. They regularly compile information that can result in us paying higher prices, being denied service or becoming victims of discrimination.
Read MoreFederal Trade Commission Workshop, held March 13, 2001
600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580
Speech by Beth Givens, Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
First Amendment Coalition Conference
Panel: "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own: Privacy Versus the Right to Know"
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Comments by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Presented to President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team:
The Honorable Susan Ness, Professor Peter Swire, Professor Philip Weiser
as part of their meeting with privacy and consumer advocates
December 16, 2008
Comments of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the U.S. Department of Justice
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