Spotlight Archive

• Thursday, December 03, 2009
  Report cards grade privacy of online personal health records »
  Consumer Action's coalition partner, Patient Privacy Rights, has launched a report card that evaluates the privacy options in five popular personal health records systems.
  
  
• Friday, October 30, 2009
  NPR series examines digital privacy »
  National Public Radio (NPR) has launched series that looks at many aspects of digital privacy, including a discussion on cell phone privacy, social networking, and privacy law.
  
  
• Friday, August 21, 2009
  Personal health records subject to breach notice »
  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes provisions to strengthen privacy and security protections for companies that offer web-based “personal health record” services. (One such business in Microsoft Health Vault.) The law directed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue a rule requiring these companies to contact customers in the event of a security breach. After receiving comments from the public, the FTC issued the Health Breach Notification Rule.
  
  
• Thursday, August 13, 2009
  New Credit Card Survey 2009 now online »
  Consumer Action's 2009 Credit Card Survey contains information on credit card rates, fees, terms and industry practices for 39 cards from 22 issuers.
  
  
• Thursday, June 04, 2009
  Report: 'Web bugs' tracking you online »
  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information released a report on June 1 showing that the most popular Web sites in the United States all share data with their corporate affiliates and allow third parties to collect information directly by using tracking beacons known as "Web bugs" - despite the sites' claims that they don't share user data with third parties.
  
  
• Wednesday, June 03, 2009
  Looking for a job and finding a scam »
  Finding work in today's economy isn't easy. To make matters worse, some of the millions of Americans going online to find work are, instead, being scammed. According to MSN and Marketwatch, some consumers are falling victim to fake job postings that lure an unsuspecting applicant into becoming a "mule" for illegal operations, such as wiring money or shipping stolen merchandise. The job description might sound legitimate, using the words "international wire transfers" or "repackaging merchandise" to attract would-be employees, and some scammers are even setting up fake professional-looking corporate websites for the job posts.
  
  
• Thursday, May 28, 2009
  CONSUMER ACTION 2009 fundraising event »
  On Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in San Francisco, Consumer Action will celebrate its 38th Anniversary.
  
  
• Thursday, April 16, 2009
  Patient’s Guide to HIPAA »
  HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), a 1996 federal statute, is the most important federal health privacy law. Most of this guide explains what you should know about HIPAA. This guide also highlights some other federal laws that may be relevant to health privacy.
  
  
• Tuesday, November 18, 2008
  Patient Privacy Rights 'Toolkit' »
  Consumer Action's Privacy Information Project recommends Patient Privacy Rights' online “Privacy Toolkit” of forms and other information to help consumers protect their medical information.
  
  
• Tuesday, November 18, 2008
  Exploring our 'Digital Destiny' »
  Privacy activist and author Jeff Chester explores our "Digital Destiny" in this book that delves into media and telecommunications regulation. Chester explains clearly how the new media system functions, what’s at stake, and what we can do to fight the corporate media’s plans for our “digital destiny."
  
  

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