Consumer Action Publications

Consumer Action creates award-winning free multilingual educational guides on a wide range of personal finance topics and other subjects of interest to consumers. Many publications are available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese, as well as English. Each year, we distribute more than a million of our publications through a national network of 8,000 community organizations. Nonprofit and community-based agencies may order these free publications in bulk by clicking here for downloadable order forms or online ordering instructions.

2010

February

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Internet Safety - Training Slides Cover

Internet Safety - Training Slides. The Internet Safety Powerpoint training file is available for download in the "Download File" section.

Internet Safety - Seminar Lesson Plan and Class Activities Cover

Internet Safety - Seminar Lesson Plan and Class Activities. This packet, only available as a PDF file, provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The 22-page packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets.

January

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Seguridad por Internet Cover

Seguridad por Internet Guía sobre privacidad y seguridad para el usuario de computadoras. Esta publicación explica cómo protegerse y cómo proteger a su computadora cuando navega por Internet y usa correo electrónico.

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Questions & Answers about Internet Safety - Internet Safety Trainer’s Manual Cover

Questions & Answers about Internet Safety - Internet Safety Trainer’s Manual Questions and Answers About Protecting Your Privacy and Security on the Computer. This publication can help answer many questions about safety and security on the Internet and how to keep children, computer data and personal information safer and more secure. It outlines simple, but effective precautions and ways to avoid taking unnecessary risks when you are online.

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Elder Fraud : Preventing Senior Scams - Lesson Plan Cover

Elder Fraud : Preventing Senior Scams - Lesson Plan. This updated packet provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets. (Note: It is only available as a PDF file.)

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Internet Safety (Chinese) Cover

Internet Safety (Chinese) A computer user’s guide to privacy and security. This publication outlines ways that you can protect yourself and your computer when you use the Internet and email.

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Fraud Bingo Game (Spanish) Cover

Fraud Bingo Game (Spanish). Bingo de estafas es una actividad divertida de Consumer Action para uso en sus presentaciones.

2009

December

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Workplace Privacy (Korean) Cover

Workplace Privacy (Korean) 근무 중 여러분의 권리 . 여러분의 개인 프라이버시와 직업을 보호하기 위해 여러분의 고용주가 언제 어떻게 여러분에 대한 정보를 수집하는지 알고 있어야 합니다. 이 출판물은 직장 내에서 감시가 이뤄질 수 있는 몇 가지 상황에 대한 설명과 고용인으로서의 여러분의 권리를 설명하고 있습니다.

To protect your personal privacy and your job, you should know when and how employers can monitor and gather information about you. This publication explains some of the situations in which monitoring might occur in the workplace and explains your privacy rights as an employee.

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ID Theft & Account Fraud - Prevention & Cleanup (Vietnamese) Cover

ID Theft & Account Fraud - Prevention & Cleanup (Vietnamese). Kẻ trộm danh tính cá nhân là kẻ giả mạo danh tính của người khác để trục lợi trái phép hay kẻ trộm muốn trốn đằng sau một danh tính mới. Trộm danh tính cá nhân (identitity theft hay ID theft) xảy ra khi kẻ giả mạo dùng các tin tức cá nhân của quý vị để làm chuyện gian lận hay phạm pháp. Ấn bản này có thể giúp quý vị những kế sách ngăn ngừa trộm danh tính cá nhân, hay nếu quý vị là nạn nhân, giúp giải quyết các vấn đề tạo ra bởi việc trộm danh tính và giảm sự ảnh hưởng của việc đó trong đời sống của quý vị.

An identity thief is an imposter who assumes another person’s identity in order to profit illegally or because the thief wants to hide behind a new identity. Identity theft—or ID theft—occurs when the imposter uses your personal information to commit fraud or other crimes. This publication can help you take steps to prevent ID theft, or if you are a victim, to clear up the problems created by ID theft and to lessen its impact on your life.

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Senior Scams - Just say no! (Vietnamese) Cover

Senior Scams - Just say no! (Vietnamese). Tất cả mọi người đều cần cẩn thận để tránh bị lường gạt, nhưng quý vị cao niên càng dễ bị lường gạt hơn. Cẩm nang này phát thảo nhiều phương sách lường gạt, với sự chú tâm đặc biệt đến những lường gạt nhắm vào người cao niên. Những dấu hiệu bị lường gạt và mưu sách tránh bị gạt cũng được đề cập.

Everyone must be on guard against scams, but seniors can sometimes be more vulnerable to fraud. This brochure outlines the many guises of fraud, with special attention to scams that target seniors. Signs of fraud and tips for avoiding scams are included.

 
 

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