Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

Privacy Information Edition

The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the 'Guide', some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

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Records Found: 22

• Privacy Basics and Opt-Out Strategies
  The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides guidance on Privacy Basics and Opt-Out Strategies.
  (added January 2009)
• California - Office of Privacy Protection
  The California Office Privacy Protection, in the State and Consumer Services Agency, provides information and assistance on privacy issues to individuals and recommends privacy practices to businesses and other organizations. The office opened in 2001, with a mission of identifying consumer problems in the privacy area and encouraging the development of fair information practices.
  (added July 2007)
• CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
  The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is an ad hoc, all volunteer organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of Unsolicited Commerical E-mail ("spam").
  (added October 2006)
• Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Privacy of Your Credit Report
  An excellent in-depth resource on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the first federal law to regulate the use of personal information by private businesses, prepared by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
  (added October 2006)
• CALPIRG Privacy Rights Program
  The California Public Interest Research Group's website devoted to privacy rights. Includes resources for victims of identity theft, suppport group information, and fact sheets about how to prevent identity theft.
  (added October 2006)
• National Consumers League
  The National Consumers League is America’s oldest consumer organization, representing consumers and workers on marketplace and workplace issues since our founding in 1899. NCL provides government, businesses, and other organizations with the consumer’s perspective on concerns including child labor, privacy, food safety, and medication information. NCL is home to the LifeSmarts program, Child Labor Coalition, NCL’s Fraud Center, and SOS Rx Coalition.
  (added October 2006)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
  A public interest research center focusing public attention on civil liberties issues and efforts to protect privacy, first amendment, and constitutional rights. Provides reports concerning the A-Z's of privacy, ranging from Caller ID and Social Security numbers to airline passenger profiles and wiretapping.
  (added October 2006)
• Center for Democracy and Technology
  The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization working to keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media.
  (added October 2006)
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
  Provides information and referral to California consumers for technology-related privacy issues. Free fact sheets on a variety of consumer topics: junk-mail, credit reports, contracts, Social Security numbers, medical privacy and others.
  (added October 2006)