Stopping Identity Theft This new book—available March 6, 2009—outlines 10 steps you can take to protect yourself or your family from ID theft and medical identity theft, the fastest growing crime in America. By reading this book, you will learn what to do now to safeguard your bank…
Privacy Topic: Financial
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News & Headlines
- June 28, 2011 Microsoft takes to cloud to ward off rivals
- June 16, 2011 Citi raises credit card hack count
- June 16, 2011 Data breach bill for quicker notice, better protection
- June 10, 2011 Citi data theft points out a nagging problem
- June 09, 2011 Hackers accessed some Citigroup credit card data
Publications
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, June 24, 2003
Questions & Answers About Privacy & Your Credit Report. Privacy abuses are on the increase, including credit fraud and identity theft, a fast-growing crime in which an impostor applies for credit under a victim's name. "Questions and Answers about Privacy and Credit Reports" offers in-depth information on privacy and credit reports, bank accounts and marketing as well as new laws designed to help people better control how their personal information is used.
CA News & Special Reports
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Coalition
- August 12, 2010 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).
- August 05, 2010 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.
- June 16, 2009 Financial reform coalition tackles big issues A new financial reform coalition, Americans for Financial Reform, has been launched. Consumer Action is a part of this coalition.
BookNotes
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man Since the Bernard Madoff "Ponzi scheme" scandal broke, shocking investors and the Wall Street community, this insider's guide to investment rip-offs, scams and con artists has been in demand. The book, published in the late '90s, is designed to educate consumers and make them aware…
Ponzi Who was Ponzi, the man whose name is synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” scam where money from new investors goes to reward earlier ones? (It's the kind of scheme that Bernard Madoff recently used to rake in $50 billion from gullible folks all over the…
Privacy Wars Exploring the conflict between civil liberties and national security, this book sounds the alarm about the current state of surveillance in the United States. Addressing the ease with which the federal government can monitor the telephone calls, e-mail, credit card purchases, money transfers, and even…
Understanding Privacy Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activists, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many conceding that the task is virtually…
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