If you live in California, you have the right to ask a company to tell you what personal information it has…
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was the first comprehensive consumer privacy law in the United States, in effect since 2020 and broadened in 2023 by the California Privacy Rights Act. It lets Californians see, correct, and delete the personal information businesses collect about them and opt out of its sale or sharing, and it remains the only state law backed by a dedicated regulator, the California Privacy Protection Agency.
Today, we (with a group of privacy and consumer advocacy organizations) submitted comments to the…
You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information in any consumer report prepared about you…
A Social Security number can be used to steal your identity (commonly called identity theft) to commit fraud…
A Social Security number (SSN) is a nine digit identification number that has become a universal identifier…
It depends on state law, whether you attend a public or private school, and possibly your school's…
Generally, no. However, a school can disclose information from your records to your parents…