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Privacy Information is a project of Consumer Action, a national non-profit consumer advocacy and education organization. The legal right to privacy has been recognized in the U.S. since the late 1890s, but its roots go back to this country's founding. The Privacy Information Project focuses on personal privacy and why it is important to be careful about who has access to your personal information.News
- September 28, 2016Consumer Action joins White House campaign to ‘Lock Down Your Login’
- September 28, 2016Insiders say defending against hackers took backseat at Yahoo
- September 27, 2016Facebook ordered to stop collecting data on WhatsApp users in Germany
- September 23, 2016What you should do if you have a Yahoo account
- September 22, 2016After Wells Fargo, can you trust your bank?
CA News & Special Reports
Consumer Action INSIDER - September 2016 The September issue of the Consumer Action INSIDER offers information on CFPB activities and class action lawsuits as well as updates on coalition activities. This month we also update you on our "Economic survival guide for servicemembers and veterans" trainings; explore the value (or lack thereof) of super cheap auto insurance; introduce our new report on the CFPB's consumer complaint database; and detail a couple of upcoming financial and retirement planning webinars. (Thursday, September 01, 2016)
Five Recent Publications
What’s not to ‘Like’? (Vietnamese). Chia sẻ tin tức trên mạng điện toán khi rảnh rỗi đang rất thịnh hành. Bản cẩm nang này trình bày đến quý vị các rủi ro có thể xảy ra khi chia sẻ quá nhiều tin tức cá nhân trên mạng xã hội và cung cấp các chỉ dẫn cụ thể cũng như các công cụ để giúp quý vị vào mạng xã hội nhưng vẫn bảo vệ được các chi tiết riêng tư của quý vị và tránh được rủi ro.
Online sharing is a hugely popular pastime. This publication presents the potential risks of oversharing on social media and provides specific tips and tools for participating in social networks while also protecting your privacy and staying safe online.
What’s not to ‘Like’? (Chinese) Protecting your privacy on social media . 在網上分享是一種非常流行的消遣方式。本文解釋了在社交媒體中過度分享個人資料的潛在風險，並提供了在參與社交網絡時可選用的一些技巧和工具，以便讓你安全上網的同時，能夠保護你的隱私。 Online sharing is a hugely popular pastime. This publication presents the potential risks of oversharing on social media and provides specific tips and tools for participating in social networks while also protecting your privacy and staying safe online.
What’s not to ‘Like’? (Korean) Protecting your privacy on social media .
온라인 공유는 크게 인기를 끌고 있는 취미입니다. 이 간행물은 소셜 미디어에서의 과도한 공유에 관련한 잠재적인 위험을 제시하고 사용자 프라이버시 보호와 온라인 안전을 유지하면서 소셜 미디어에 참여하는데 도움을 주는 구체적인 팁 및 도구들을 제공합니다.
Online sharing is a hugely popular pastime. This publication presents the potential risks of oversharing on social media and provides specific tips and tools for participating in social networks while also protecting your privacy and staying safe online.
What’s not to ‘Like’? (Spanish) Protecting your privacy on social media. Compartir en línea es un pasatiempo muy popular. Esta publicación presenta los riesgos potenciales de compartir demasiado en las redes sociales y ofrece herramientas y consejos específicos para participar en las redes sociales y a la vez proteger su privacidad y permanecer seguro en línea.
What’s not to ‘Like’? Protecting your privacy on social media. Online sharing is a hugely popular pastime. This publication presents the potential risks of oversharing on social media and provides specific tips and tools for participating in social networks while also protecting your privacy and staying safe online.
Recommended Publications
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Preparing Millennials to Lead in Cyberspace. Young adults, also known as millennials (ages 18 to 26), hold the key to close the cyber talent gap. Having grown up in a digital environment, millennials are well positioned for these cybersecurity careers, since they are at the stage when they need to choose a profession and will be in the workforce for several decades. This survey reviews U.S. millennials’ career interests, level of career preparedness and their online attitudes and behaviors.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Chronology of Data Breaches. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has been tracking breaches since 2005 and publishes a Chronology of Data Breaches.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
EPIC Alert. The EPIC Alert, a bi-weekly publication of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington DC, covers issues related to privacy and civil liberties in the information age.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Privacy on the Web: Is It a Losing Battle?. Privacy on the web is the topic of this article which examines online tracking, data mining and behavioral advertising.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Patient’s Guide to HIPAA. This guide explains how you can use the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect your medical privacy.
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