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• May 17, 2012 User’s guide to finding storage space in the cloud
• May 10, 2012 Tax cheats troll public list for dead kids’ identities
• May 09, 2012 FTC charges Myspace with breaking law in sharing users’ personal information
• May 06, 2012 Facebook IPO: How could privacy concerns affect revenue?
• May 05, 2012 Does the 1st Amendment cover clicking ‘like’ on Facebook?

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Consumer Action INSIDER – January 2012 In our first issue of the INSIDER for the New Year, we review our latest efforts in the various coalitions to which we belong. We cover the CFPB's latest meeting concerning financial education for the military community, and what to do when the "talent agency" says you're beautiful enough for prime time? These and other stories in our latest edition of the INSIDER. ( Friday, December 30, 2011 )

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Five Recent Publications

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Your Digital Dollars - Safety and privacy in online and mobile transactions (Vietnamese) Protect your identity and data while banking or paying digitally.

Các công việc hàng ngày từ mua sắm, vào ngân hàng cho đến làm việc và chuyện trò càng ngày càng được thực hiện nhiều trên máy điện toán hay máy di động, nhưng nguy cơ trữ liệu cá nhân bị lộ cũng gia tăng.

As more daily tasks, from shopping and banking to working and socializing, get done on a computer or mobile device, the opportunities to expose personal data increase.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Your Digital Dollars - Mobile Banking and Mobile Payments (Vietnamese) Make financial transactions safely on the go.

Kiểm tra tiền còn lại trong công… chuyển tiền…mua sắm – đây chỉ là một vài việc quý vị có thể làm trên điện thoại hay máy di động khác khi đi bất cứ đâu.

Check your balance…transfer money…make a purchase—these are just a few of the things you can do on the go with a cellular telephone or other mobile device.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Your Digital Dollars - Banking Online Safely (Vietnamese) Protect your identity and accounts while banking by computer .

Khi trước, quý vị phải tới ngân hàng hay bưu điện để trả tiền hóa đơn, ký thác ngân phiếu hay làm bất kỳ các giao dịch tài chánh nào khác. Với kỹ thuật tân tiến hiện nay, quý vị có thể giao dịch với ngân hàng nhưng không phải ra khỏi nhà hay ra bưu điện.

Paying a bill, depositing a check or conducting any other financial transaction used to require a trip to the bank or post office. Now technology makes it possible to bank and pay bills without leaving your home or office.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Your Digital Dollars - Mobile Banking and Mobile Payments (Korean) Make financial transactions safely on the go.

잔고 확인…송금…물품 구입 - 이들은 여러분이 이동 중 휴대폰이나 모바일 장치로 할 수 있는 단지 몇 가지의 예일 뿐입니다.

Check your balance…transfer money…make a purchase—these are just a few of the things you can do on the go with a cellular telephone or other mobile device.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Your Digital Dollars - Safety and privacy in online and mobile transactions (Korean) Protect your identity and data while banking or paying digitally.

쇼핑과 뱅킹에서부터 업무와 사교에 이르기까지 더 많은 일상적인 일들이 컴퓨터나 모빌 장치에 의해 수행됨에 따라 개인 정보가 노출될 수 있는 기회가 증가하고 있습니다.

As more daily tasks, from shopping and banking to working and socializing, get done on a computer or mobile device, the opportunities to expose personal data increase.

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Recommended Publications

Monday, December 19, 2011

Chronology of Data Breaches. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has been tracking breaches since 2005 and publishes a Chronology of Data Breaches.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Protect Your Child from ID theft. The California Office of Privacy Protection (COPP) has released a fact sheet for consumers on how to check their child's credit records and other ways to protect them from identity theft.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Protect yourself while using a mobile device. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has published three fact sheets for consumers on protecting your identity while using a smartphone or similar mobile device. The three fact sheets, a part of ITRC's project Best Practices for Safe Mobile Device Usage, offer a detailed look at how mobile devices can expose you to privacy and security threats, and what to do about it.

Thursday, February 03, 2011

Are social networks “friends” with law enforcement?. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a privacy coalition partner with Consumer Action, has released more information on how the government seeks and obtains personal information from social media companies like Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. EFF asked the Department of Justice and other federal agencies for copies of guides, not previously made public, that these sites send out to law enforcement explaining how agents can obtain information about users and what kinds of information are available. The guides reveal that social networking sites have struggled to develop consistent, straightforward policies to govern how and when they will provide private user information to law enforcement agencies.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

An online guide to practical privacy tools. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) publishes on its website a comprehensive and useful list of ways to protect your privacy, from how to surf online anonymously to keeping your emails from prying eyes.

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