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Uses of Social Security Numbers in the Private Sector: Why SSNs are Not Appropriate for Authentication
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Uses of Social Security Numbers in the Private Sector: Why SSNs are Not Appropriate for Authentication

Federal Trade Commission Workshop
“Security in Numbers: SSNs and ID Theft”
December 10-11, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Agenda: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/ssn/agenda.pdf Read More

Advocacy Comments
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Use of Personal Medical Data by Financial Institutions: Comments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Submitted to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for FACTA
Fair Credit Reporting Proposed Rulemaking

 

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Study Shows Most Online Pharmacies Lack HIPAA Privacy Notice
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Study Shows Most Online Pharmacies Lack HIPAA Privacy Notice

Complaint Submitted to Department of Health and Human Services

By Mark Hochhauser, Ph.D., Readability Consultant
and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

 

Submitted by e-mail: OCRComplaint@hhs.gov

 

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Have You Received Unsolicited Marketing Letters or Phone Calls Regarding Your Personal Prescriptions? Tell us!
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Have You Received Unsolicited Marketing Letters or Phone Calls Regarding Your Personal Prescriptions? Tell us!

Some patients who get their prescriptions filled through supermarket pharmacies and chain drug stores such as Albertson's, Walgreens, RiteAid, SavOn and CVS may be surprised to get a solicitation in the mail that looks like a friendly reminder to refill their prescription. Read More

Real ID Act Will Increase Exposure to ID Theft
Advocacy

Real ID Act Will Increase Exposure to ID Theft

By Beth Givens
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Advocacy Comments
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Financial Privacy Notices: Shorter is Better: Comments to the Interagency Meeting on Gramm-Leach-Bliley Short Form Notices

Comments of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Consumers Union

 

Presented to the Interagency Meeting on Gramm-Leach-Bliley Short Form Notices
February 25, 2004

 

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Advocacy Testimony
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Oversight Hearing On Financial Privacy and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act: Testimony for U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Testimony of Edmund Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)

 

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
United States Senate

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PRC Applauds Court Decision Upholding California's SB 1 on Financial Privacy
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PRC Applauds Court Decision Upholding California's SB 1 on Financial Privacy

A long battle over financial privacy was decided yesterday as a U.S. District Court ruled that California's SB 1 legislation is not pre-empted by weaker, Federal standards. Read More

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