Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB)—also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999—repealed laws that prevented the merger of banks, brokerage companies and insurance companies. Read More
Social Security Number Basics
A Social Security number (SSN) is a nine digit identification number that has become a universal identifier for both the government and the private sector in the U.S.
Read MoreFull-Page Ad Distorts Facts about SB 773, California Financial Privacy Bill
Today, the Financial Services Privacy Coalition published a full-page ad in major California newspapers. Read More
Proposed Regulations for Property Loss Databases: Comments to the California Department of Insurance
March 4, 2005
Donald Hilla, Senior Staff Counsel
California Department of Insurance
45 Fremont Street, 21st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Submitted electronically: hillad@insurance.ca.gov
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Collection of a Deceased Person's Debt: Comments to the Federal Trade Commission
Submitted by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
December 1, 2010
Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex W)
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20580
ATTN: Christopher Koegel
Victims Speak Out on Identity Theft: A Survey of Identity Theft Victims and Recommendations for Reform
A CALPIRG/Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Report
By Janine Benner, CALPIRG; Beth Givens, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse; and Ed Mierzwinski, USPIRG.
I. Executive Summary
Read MoreConsumer Complaints Field Hearing: Testimony to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Testimony by Beth Givens, Executive Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (July 17, 2014, El Paso TX)
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy organization. We are 21 years old and are located in San Diego, California.
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