The Emperor's New Clothes: Privacy on the Internet in 1999
The following are the comments of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse for the May 1999 "Georgetown Internet Privacy Policy Survey." A similar survey was conducted in 1998 by the Federal Trade Commission. Survey results can be found at the web site of the study's director, Prof. Read More
Third Privacy Roundtable: Comments to the Federal Trade Commission
Comments Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission
for Consideration in the Third Privacy Roundtable (March 17, 2010)
by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Beth Givens, Director
Read MorePrivacy Problems Inherent in the Smart Grid: Comments to the Public Utilities Commission of California
Excerpt from Comments by the Utility Consumers' Action Network and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse on the Assigned Commissioner's February 8th Scoping Memo
Submitted March 5, 2010
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
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Pre-Recorded Telemarketing Calls: The Need for Industry Reform: Comments to the Federal Trade Commission
Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission
December 18 , 2006
Donald S. Clark, Secretary
Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary, Room H-159 (Annex K)
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20580
2021 California Legislative Session Privacy Recap
Last year the California legislature continued to grapple with issues that were exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. As they were in 2020—although not to the same extent—legislators were forced to pare back their bill packages again in 2021.
Read MoreRegistered Data Brokers in the United States: 2021
Using data available in state data broker registries, this report presents information on 540 unique registered data brokers and their
privacy policies practices areas of possible noncompliance Read More