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Not in most cases.

With more than 11 billion individual records breached in the U.S.

The Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) is a California law that requires

In California, criminal histories (rap sheets) compiled by law enforcement agencies are not public record. Only certain employers such as public utilities, law enforcement, security guard firms and child care facilities have access to this information.

Yes, but all verifiable sources of income must be considered the same. For example, disability income may not be treated differently from office job income.

A CALPIRG/Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Report
By Janine Benner, CALPIRG; Beth Givens, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; and Ed Mierzwinski, USPIRG.

 I. Executive Summary  

Presentation by Beth Givens, Director
at Identity Theft Summit on March 1, 2005
Sacramento, CA, Convention Center

California—providing its residents the right to privacy in its state constitution—has historically led the nation in consumer privacy.