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

Unwanted telemarketing calls can be disruptive, but there are a number of steps you can take to minimize them.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) makes deals with businesses to increase the amount of standard mail (junk mail) that’s sent.

A data breach is a security violation in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an unauthorized individual. It could be a result of

There are a few situations in which you must provide your Social Security (SSN) number to a business, including

With Visa and MasterCard, no. They both have rules that limit stores from requiring you to show your ID as a condition of purpose. These rules also make them accept your card even if you refuse to show your ID.

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.

From the expansion of certain protections to the use of automation technology in law enforcement, this legislative session once again saw a number of bills centered around data privacy.