Support Elizabeth Warren for consumer watchdog job
Consumer, civil and human rights organizations wrote to President Obama on Aug. 9 to urge him to nominate Elizabeth Warren to serve as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

SEC's proposed rule would expose personal financial information of homeowners
Consumer Action signed onto comments made to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its Proposed Rulemaking on Asset-Backed Securities, a rule which would mandate an unprecedented release of individual-level financial data and would greatly increase borrowers’ risk for identity theft.

Congress should investigate Microsoft's decision to undermine consumer privacy
Consumer Action joined in a letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Rep. Henry Waxman and a Ranking Member of the committee, Rep. Joe Barton, requesting that they formally open an investigation into the decision-making process that led to a severe weakening of privacy protections in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Privacy legislation must be grounded in Fair Information Practices
Consumer Action signed onto testimony presented by U.S. Public Interest Research Group's Consumer Program Director at a legislative hearing examining draft legislation aimed at regulating the collection and disclosure of personal information online.

Online privacy bill needs to be fortified with FIPs and other protections
Consumer and privacy advocates responded to calls for comments on a draft online privacy bill proposed by Representatives Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns. Among other items, the letter asks for an incorporation of Fair Information Practices (FIPs) and no federal pre-emption of stronger state privacy laws.

Full body scanner program violates privacy and doesn't work
Privacy coalition members sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security's Secretary Janet Napolitano and Chief Privacy Officer Mary Ellen Callahan asking that the full body scanner programs now being deployed at airports in the United States are intrusive and ineffective.

Give the FTC the tools it needs to protect consumers
In coalition with other organizations Consumer Action asked the Senate to keep provisions in a bill under consideration that would strengthen the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Restore funding Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
A coalition of groups signed onto to ask for a return to funding for the Office of Technological Assessment, an independent testing agency used to help Congress make decisions on topics ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to acid rain.

Big Retail is watching: Digital signage networks are everywhere
Leading consumer organizations, including Consumer Action, endorsed a set of principles regarding digital signage, or new forms of technology that track and monitor consumers in retail environments, recording information such as behavior and personal characteristics.

Privacy and Fair Information Practices should guide FCC
Consumer Action and other consumer advocates sent comments to the Federal Communications Commission describing the collection and use of personal data by companies, problems with industry self-regulatory models, and principles and standards that should serve as the foundation of consumer privacy protection.

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