Speeches, Testimony,
and Issue Papers

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse participates in many legislative hearings, regulatory agency workshops, and conferences. The transcripts of our speeches and testimony are provided below.

In addition, we invite thoughtful, well-researched commentary from others, also provided here. If you are interested in contributing an issue paper or commentary, please contact us at www.privacyrights.org/preinquiry.htm.

You may access our "Speeches, Testimony, and Issue Papers" in two ways. They are listed in reverse chronological order:

They are also available via this subject index:

annual reports / background checks / biometrics / caller ID / consumer education / data warehousing / direct marketing / fair info principles / financial privacy / general / identity theft / information brokers / insurance / invited papers / job seeker privacy / laws / medical records / nonprofits / online privacy / outsourcing / privacy tips / public opinion polls / public records / readability / RFID / student privacy / SSNs / telephone privacy / travel / workplace

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

2007     

• Uses of Social Security Numbers in the Private Sector: Why SSNs Are Not Appropriate for Authentication -- December 2007
  
  
• Suing a Telemarketer: How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Anonymous)-- October 2007
  
  
• Social Security Numbers in the Private Sector: Comments to the FTC -- September 2007
  
  
• MySpace Isn't Your Space: Updating Federal Law to Address Employers' Use of Social Networking Sites for Hiring Decisions (Davis,16 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 237, 2007) -- September 2007
  
  
• An Increase in Employee Background Checks Strains an Already Weak Law (Flint) -- May 2007
  
  
• When Background Checks Go Too Far (Anonymous)-- June 2007

• The Secure Transcript: Universities' Use of SSNs on Transcripts (Titus)
  -- May 2007
  

• Model Privacy Form: Comments to FTC -- May 2007
  

• Privacy Today: A Review of Current Issues -- (3.1.07)

• Warning: Your Mail May Be Hazardous to Your Privacy -- January 2007

2006     

• RV Full-timing and Privacy Protection -- December 2006
  
  Prerecorded Telemarketing Calls: PRC's Comments to the FTC -- December 2006
  
  
• Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies
  under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 -- September 2006
  
  
• Comments on HHS Request for Information:
  Voluntary Storage of Personal Data in Preparation for Emergencies -- June 2006
  
  
• PRC Comments to FTC on Accuracy in Background Checks and Insurance Reports -- May 2006

• Prohibit Debt Collectors from Calling Cell Phones: Comments to the FCC -- May 2006

• Keeping Phone Call Records Private: Comments to the FCC -- April 2006

• The Tradeoff between Privacy and Openness in Employment Screening: Speech at the Conference of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners -- April 2006

• Comments to the Internal Revenue Service: Disclosure and Use of Tax Return Information -- March 2006

• Comments Regarding the Junk Fax Bill of 2005 to the Federal Communciations Commission -- January 2006

2005     

• Comments Regarding Federal Trade Commission Proposal to Continue to Conduct Surveys of the Public on Identity Theft -- December 2005

• Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening: Comments to the DOJ -- August 2005
  
  
• Comments to Federal Agencies Regarding the Use of Personal Medical Data by Financial Institutions -- May 2005

• Privacy Implications of the Proposed National Health Information Network (NHIN), Comments to the Dept. of Health and Human Services -- April 2005
  
  
• Privacy Groups Urge the Federal Reserve Board to Protect Consumers from Identity Theft and Stolen Convenience Checks -- March 2005
  
  
• Criminal Identity Theft in California: Presentation at CA's Identity Theft Summit -- March 2005
  
  
• Comments to the CA Department of Insurance on Property Loss Databases -- March 2005
  
  
• Groups Ask FTC to Stop Blocking Links to Free Credit Report Site -- February 2005
  
  
• Prerecorded Telemarketing Messages to Existing Business Customers: Comments to FTC -- January 2005
  
  
• Fair and Reasonable Fee for Credit Score Disclosure: Comments to Federal Trade Commission -- January 2005

2004    

• Financial Literacy and Education Campaign Strategies: PRC's Comments to the Dept. of Treasury -- November 2004
  
  
• Opting Out of Pre-Approved Credit Offers: PRC's Comments to the FTC -- October 2004
  
  
• Why PRC Opposes CA Proposition 69, Expanded DNA Collection -- September 2004
  
  
• Privacy Groups Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to Veto Spyware Bill -- September 2004
  
  
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FDIC -- July 2004
   
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to NCUA -- July 2004
   
• Online Pharmacies Scant on Privacy Rights, Study Finds -- June 2004
   
• RFID Comments at FTC Workshop: Implementing RFID Responsibly -- June 2004
   
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FTC -- June 2004
   
• Financial Institutions' Use of Personal Medical Data -- PRC Comments to Federal Agencies  --  May 2004
   
• The Saga of Shredding in the U.S.: Presentation at the National Association for Information Destruction Conference -- May 2004
   
• Imagining the Future: RFID and Privacy on "California Connected" -- May 2004
   
• Privacy Groups Call on California Attorney General Lockyer to Investigate Google Gmail -- May 2004
   
• Comments to FTC on National Credit Reporting Agencies and Free Reports -- April 2004
   
• Thirty One Privacy and Civil Liberties Organizations Urge Google to Suspend Gmail -- April 2004
   
• Letter to the Editor: Fundrace.org Exposes Campaign Donors' Addresses Unnecessarily -- April 2004
   
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- March 2004
  
  
• Comments to FTC on Short Privacy Notices for Financial Institutions -- March 2004
   
• Using Court Record Information for Marketing - Gottlieb -- January 2004
   
• Statement on Outsourcing and Privacy -- March 2004
   
• Financial Privacy Notices: Shorter is Better -- FTC Comments -- February 2004
   
• Compliance vs. Communication: Readability of HIPAA Notices -- February 2004
   
• RFID and Libraries -- Presentations to ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee -- January 2004

2003    

• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- Testimony to San Diego County Supervisors -- December 2003
   
• RFID Position Statement of Consumer Privacy and Civil Liberties Organizations -- November 2003
   
• Comments to Federal Agencies regarding Security Breach Notification by Financial Companies -- October 2003
   
• Case Filed Against JetBlue for Violating its Privacy Policy -- September 2003
   
• Groups Comment to National Banks Agency to Oppose Preemption of States -- September 2003
   
• Comments on CLUE and A-Plus Submitted to Calif. Dept. of Insurance -- September 2003
   
• Tips for Jobseekers Re-entering the Workplace Who Have Criminal Records -- September 2003
   
• HR 2622--PRC and ITRC letter to California Congressional Representatives in Opposition -- August 2003
   
• California Identity Theft Laws -- August 2003
   
• RFID and the Public Policy Void: Givens' Testimony - August 2003
   
• FTC Workshop Comments for "Information Flows" Workshop - July 2003
   
• "Show Me Your Papers," Demands New Yorker Ramada Hotel - April 2003
  
  
• Readability of HIPAA Medical Privacy Notices - April 200
   
• My Experience with Internet Employment Site Careerbuilders.com -- March 2003
   
• Resume Data Base Nightmare: Job Seeker Privacy at Risk -- February 2003

2002    

• Comments to FCC on Federal "Do-Not-Call" List - December 2002
   
• A Review of Current Privacy Issues - October 2002
   
• Beware of Debit Card Fraud - October 2002
   
• A Consumer Speaks Out Against Insurance Company Use of Credit Scores - September 2002
   
• USPIRG Documents the Failure of Gramm-Leach-Bliley - September 2002
   
• Gellman on "Health Privacy: The Way We Live Now" - August 2002
   
• Posting Home Photos on the Internet -- A ND Family Says "No" -- July 2002
   
• Alert: Historic North Dakota Vote for Financial Privacy -- June 2002
   
• Comments on California "Do Not Call" List - June 2002
   
• Comments on California Insurance Privacy Regulations - June 2002
   
• Big Brother and the Hiring Process -- June 2002
   
• Public Records on the Internet: The Privacy Dilemma -- April 2002
   
• Gellman Report: The Cost of Not Protecting Privacy -- April 2002
   
• Transparency -- Beth Givens' EFF Pioneer Award Remarks -- April 2002
   
• An Essay on Fingerprinting of School Volunteers -- March 2002

2001    

• A Fingerprint to Rent a Car? An Ex-Customer Says "No" - December 2001
   
• How Consumers Responded to Financial Privacy Notices -- Comments to FTC - December 2001
   
• The Role of Consumer Education and Intervention in an Environment of Limited Privacy Regulation - October 2001
   
• College and University Privacy Issues - June 2001
   
• Financial Privacy Notices: Do They Really Want You to Know What They're Saying? - June 2001
   
• Lost in the Fine Print II: Readability of Financial Privacy Notices - May 2001
   
• The Information Marketplace: Merging and Exchanging Consumer Data - April 2001
   
• Public Access to Electronic Case Files - January 2001

2000    

• Why I Stopped Shopping at Amazon.com: A Reading Expert Sounds Off.. - November 2000
  
  
• Eight Reasons to be Skeptical of a "Technology Fix" for Protecting Privacy - October 2000
  
  
• Financial Privacy: The Shortcomings of the Federal Financial Services Modernization Act - September 2000
  
  
• Bankruptcy, Public Records and Privacy -- September 2000
  
  
• What's Missing from This Picture? (NAAG speech) Privacy Protection in the New Millennium -- July 2000
  
  
• Identity Theft: How It Happens, Its Impact on Victims, and Legislative Solutions (U.S. Senate Testimony)-- July 2000
  
  
• Identity Theft: The Growing Problem of Wrongful Criminal Records -- June 2000
  
  
• Opt-In to Financial Privacy -- May 2000
  
  
• Nowhere to Turn: Victims Speak Out on Identity Theft -- May 2000
  
  
• Consumers' Financial Privacy Act -- April 24, 2000
  
  
• Public Attitudes about the Privacy of Information, excerpted from 'The New York Senate Majority Task Force on the Invasion of Privacy' -- April 12, 2000
  
  
• Comments on Proposed Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Regulations -- March 30, 2000
  
  
• Letter to California Legislators and Governor Gray Davis by 15 consumer-related organizations in favor of strong opt-in financial privacy -- March 23, 2000
  
  
• Preventing Identity Theft: Industry Practices Are the Key - National Summit on Identity Theft -- March 16, 2000
  
  
• PRC Comments on Proposed HHS - Medical Records Privacy Rule -- March 3, 2000
  
  
• Privacy Expectations in a High Tech World --Internet Privacy Summit -- February 12. 2000
  

1999    

• A Consumer's Complaint Regarding Rite Aid Pharmacy
  
  
• The Emperor's New Clothes: Privacy on the Internet in 1999
  
  
• Privacy Implications of Privatization of the County's Information Technology Systems
  

1998    

• Merging County Social Services Data Bases: Privacy Pitfalls and a Policy Solution
  
  
• Ten Privacy Principles for Health Care
  
  
• Consumers' Concerns about Financial Privacy and Security
  
  
• True or False? You Can Find Out Anything about Anybody on the Net
  
  
• Don Ray's 104 Privacy Tips
  
  
• Privacy Principles for California: Prepared for the Joint Legislative Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy

1997    

• A Review of the Fair Information Principles
  
  
• Speech from San Diego Technology Summit
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission Consumer Privacy Workshop - Data Base Study
  
  
• Social Security Administration Forum - Internet Access to the Personal Earnings and Benefits Statement
  
  
• A Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws
  
  
• California Privacy-related Laws: Summary
  
  
• Comments In Opposition to the Court Technology Committee Draft Rule
  
  
• Federal Reserve Board "Credit Header" Comments, -- January 30 1997

1996    

• Caller ID: The Case For Consumer Education
  
  
• Medical Records Privacy: Fears and Expectations of Patients

1995    

• Public Records In A Computerized Network Environment: Privacy Implications
  
  
• Nonprofit Organizations and Privacy: Responsible Mailing List Management
  
  
• Calling All Direct Marketers to Heed the "Fair Information Practices" -- August 25, 1995

SUBJECT INDEX

Annual Reports    

• First Annual Report 1992-1993
  
  
• Second Annual Report 1993-1994

Background Checks

• MySpace Isn't Your Space: Updating Federal Law to Address Employers' Use of Social Networking Sites for Hiring Decisions (Davis,16 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 237, 2007) -- September 2007
  
  
• An Increase in Employee Background Checks Strains an Already Weak Law (Flint) -- May 2007
  
  
• When Background Checks Go Too Far (Anonymous)-- June 2007

• PRC Comments to FTC on Accuracy in Background Checks and Insurance Reports -- May 2006

• The Tradeoff between Privacy and Openness in Employment Screening: Speech at the Conference of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners -- April 2006

• Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening: Comments to the DOJ -- August 2005

Biometrics    

• A Review of Current Privacy Issues - October 2002
   
• An Essay on Fingerprinting of School Volunteers -- March 2002
   
• A Fingerprint to Rent a Car? An Ex-Customer Says "No" - December 2001

Caller ID    

• Caller ID: The Case For Consumer Education

Consumer Education    

• Transparency -- Beth Givens' EFF Pioneer Award Remarks -- May 2002
   
• How Consumers Responded to Financial Privacy Notices -- Comments to FTC - December 2001
   
• The Role of Consumer Education and Intervention in an Environment of Limited Privacy Regulation - October 2001
  
  
• Caller ID: The Case For Consumer Education

Data Warehousing    

• Case Filed Against JetBlue for Violating its Privacy Policy -- September 2003
   
• The Information Marketplace: Merging and Exchanging Consumer Data - April 2001

Direct Marketing    

• Comments Regarding the Junk Fax Bill of 2005 to the Federal Communciations Commission -- January 2006

• FTC Workshop Comments for "Information Flows" Workshop - July 2003
   
• The Information Marketplace: Merging and Exchanging Consumer Data - April 2001
   
• Nonprofit Organizations and Privacy: Responsible Mailing List Management
  
  
• A Consumer's Complaint Regarding Rite Aid Pharmacy
  
  
• Calling All Direct Marketers to Heed the "Fair Information Practices" -- August 1995

Fair Info Principles - back to top
Note: Most PRC speeches and testimony discuss the Fair Information Principles. Those few listed in this section mention the Principles in the title.

• Ten Privacy Principles for Health Care
  
  
• Privacy Principles for California: Prepared for the Joint Legislative Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy -- (1998)
  
  
• A Review of the Fair Information Principles
   
• Calling All Direct Marketers to Heed the "Fair Information Practices" -- August 1995

Financial Privacy    

• Model Privacy Form: Comments to FTC -- May 2007

• Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies
  under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 -- September 2006
  
  
• Comments to the Internal Revenue Service: Disclosure and Use of Tax Return Information -- March 2006

• Privacy Groups Urge the Federal Reserve Board to Protect Consumers from Identity Theft and Stolen Convenience Checks -- March 2005
  
  
• Groups Ask FTC to Stop Blocking Links to Free Credit Report Site -- February 2005
  
  
• Fair and Reasonable Fee for Credit Score Disclosure: Comments to Federal Trade Commission -- January 2005
  
  
• Financial Literacy and Education Campaign Strategies: PRC's Comments to the Dept. of Treasury -- November 2004
  
  
• Opting Out of Pre-Approved Credit Offers: PRC's Comments to the FTC -- October 2004

• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FDIC -- July 2004
   
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to NCUA -- July 2004
   
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FTC -- June 2004
   
• Financial Institutions' Use of Personal Medical Data -- PRC Comments to Federal Agencies  --  May 2004
   
• Comments to FTC on National Credit Reporting Agencies and Free Reports -- April 2004
   
• Comments to FTC on Short Privacy Notices for Financial Institutions -- March 2004
   
• Financial Privacy Notices: Shorter is Better -- FTC Comments -- February 2004
   
• Comments to Federal Agencies regarding Security Breach Notification by Financial Companies -- October 2003
   
• Groups Comment to National Banks Agency to Oppose Preemption of States -- September 2003
   
• Groups Oppose Data Mining of Health Information by Financial Institutions -- September 2003
   
• HR 2622--PRC and ITRC letter to California Congressional Representatives in Opposition -- August, 2003
   
• A Consumer Speaks Out Against Insurance Company Use of Credit Scores - September 2002
   
• USPIRG Documents the Failure of Gramm-Leach-Bliley - September 2002
   
• Comments on California Insurance Privacy Regulations - June 2002
   
• Alert: Historic North Dakota Vote for Financial Privacy - June 2002
   
• How Consumers Responded to Financial Privacy Notices -- Comments to FTC - December 2001
   
• Financial Privacy Notices: Do They Really Want You to Know What They're Saying? - June 2001
  
  
• Lost in the Fine Print: Readability of Financial Privacy Notices - April 2001
  
  
• Bankruptcy, Public Records and Privacy -- September 2000
  
  
• Financial Privacy: The Shortcomings of the Federal Financial Services Modernization Act - September 2000
  
  
• Opt-In to Financial Privacy -- May 2000
  
  
• Consumers' Financial Privacy Act -- April 2000
  
  
• Consumers' Concerns about Financial Privacy and Security
  
  
• Comments on Proposed Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Regulations -- March 2000
  
  
• Letter to California Legislators and Governor Gray Davis by 15 consumer-related organizations in favor of strong opt-in financial privacy -- March 2000

General    

• FTC Workshop Comments for "Information Flows" Workshop - July 2003
   
• A Review of Current Privacy Issues - October 2002
   
• Gellman Report: The Cost of Not Protecting Privacy -- April 2002
   
• The Role of Consumer Education and Intervention in an Environment of Limited Privacy Regulation - October 2001
   
• Privacy in the Digital Age, Interview with Beth Givens for EFF's Digital Dialectic Online Radio Program

Identity Theft    

• Comments Regarding Federal Trade Commission Proposal to Continue to Conduct Surveys of the Public on Identity Theft -- December 2005

• Privacy Groups Urge the Federal Reserve Board to Protect Consumers from Identity Theft and Stolen Convenience Checks -- March 2005
  
  
• Criminal Identity Theft in California -- Presentation at CA's Identity Theft Summit -- March 2005
  
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FDIC -- July 2004
   
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to NCUA -- July 2004
   
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FTC -- June 2004
   
• The Saga of Shredding in the U.S. -- Presentation at the National Association for Information Destruction Conference -- May 2004
  
  
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- March 2004
   
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- Testimony to San Diego County Supervisors -- December 2003
   
• Comments to Federal Agencies regarding Security Breach Notification by Financial Companies -- October 2003
   
• California Identity Theft Laws -- August 2003
   
• Beware of Debit Card Fraud - October 2002
   
• The Role of Consumer Education and Intervention in an Environment of Limited Privacy Regulation - October 2001
   
• Identity Theft: How It Happens, Its Impact on Victims, and Legislative Solutions (U.S. Senate Testimony)-- July 2000
   
• Identity Theft: The Growing Problem of Wrongful Criminal Records -- June 2000
   
• Nowhere to Turn: Victims Speak Out on Identity Theft -- May 2000
   
• Preventing Identity Theft: Industry Practices Are the Key - National Summit on Identity Theft -- March 2000

Information Brokers    

• Federal Trade Commission Consumer Privacy Workshop - Data Base Study
   
• Federal Reserve Board "Credit Header" Comments, -- January 1997
   
• True or False? You Can Find Out Anything about Anybody on the Net

Insurance

• PRC Comments to FTC on Accuracy in Background Checks and Insurance Reports -- May 2006

• Comments to the CA Department of Insurance on Property Loss Databases -- March 2005
  
  
• Comments to FTC on National Credit Reporting Agencies and Free Reports -- April 2004
   
• Comments on CLUE and A-Plus Submitted to Calif. Dept. of Insurance -- September 2003

Invited Papers and Consumers' Stories    

• Suing a Telemarketer: How I Spent My Summer Vacation -- October 2007
  
  
• MySpace Isn't Your Space: Updating Federal Law to Address Employers' Use of Social Networking Sites for Hiring Decisions (Davis,16 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 237, 2007) -- September 2007
  
  
• An Increase in Employee Background Checks Strains an Already Weak Law (Flint) -- May 2007
  
  
• When Background Checks Go Too Far (Anonymous) -- June 2007

• The Secure Transcript: Universities' Use of SSNs on Transcripts (Titus)--
  May 2007

• RV Full-timing and Privacy Protection-- December 2006

• Private Investigators in California: Analysis of PIA and Case Law -- December 2004
  
  
• Using Court Record Information for Marketing (Gottlieb) -- January 2004
   
• Compliance vs. Communication: Readability of HIPAA Notices (Hochhauser) -- February 2004
   
• Readability of HIPAA Medical Privacy Notices (Hochhauser) - April 2003
   
• "Show Me Your Papers," Demands New Yorker Ramada Hote (Stollenwerk) - April 2003
   
• My Experience with Internet Employment Site Careerbuilders.com (Contributed) - March 2003
   
• Beware of Debit Card Fraud (Contributed) - October 2002
   
• A Consumer Speaks Out Against Insurance Company Use of Credit Scores (Contributed) - September 2002
   
• "Health Privacy: The Way We Live Now" (Gellman) - August 2002
   
• Posting Home Photos on the Internet -- A ND Family Says "No" (Contributed) -- July 2002
   
• The Cost of Not Protecting Privacy (Gellman) -- April 2002
   
• Big Brother and the Hiring Process (Kelly) -- June 2002
   
• An Essay on Fingerprinting of School Volunteers (Ritchey) -- March 2002
   
• A Fingerprint to Rent a Car? An Ex-Customer Says "No" (Amato) - December 2001
   
• Lost in the Fine Print: Readability of Financial Privacy Notices (Hochhauser) - April 2001
   
• Why I Stopped Shopping at Amazon.com: A Reading Expert Sounds Off (Hochhauser) - November 2000
   
• A Consumer's Complaint Regarding Rite Aid Pharmacy (Contributed)
   
• Don Ray's 104 Privacy Tips (Ray)

Job Seeker Privacy    

• Comments to FTC on National Credit Reporting Agencies and Free Reports -- April 2004
   
• My Experience with Internet Employment Site Careerbuilders.com - March 2003
   
• Resume Data Base Nightmare: Job Seeker Privacy at Risk

Laws    

• A Review of Federal and State Privacy Laws
   
• California Privacy-related Laws: Summary

Medical Records    

• Comments on HHS Request for Information:
  Voluntary Storage of Personal Data in Preparation for Emergencies -- June 2006
  
• Comments to Federal Agencies Regarding the Use of Personal Medical Data by Financial Institutions -- May 2005

• Privacy Implications of the Proposed National Health Information Network (NHIN), Comments to the Dept. of Health and Human Services -- April 2005
  
  
• Online Pharmacies Scant on Privacy Rights, Study Finds -- June 2004
   
• Financial Institutions' Use of Personal Medical Data -- PRC Comments to Federal Agencies  --  May 2004
   
• Compliance vs. Communication: Readability of HIPAA Notices -- February 2004
   
• Groups Oppose Data Mining of Health Information by Financial Institutions - September 2003
   
• Readability of HIPAA Medical Privacy Notices - April 2003
   
• Gellman on "Health Privacy: The Way We Live Now" - August 2002
   
• Comments on California Insurance Privacy Regulations - July 2002
   
• PRC Comments on Proposed HHS - Medical Records Privacy Rule -- March 2000
   
• A Consumer's Complaint Regarding Rite Aid Pharmacy
   
• Ten Privacy Principles for Health Care
   
• Medical Records Privacy: Fears and Expectations of Patients

Nonprofits    

• The Role of Consumer Education and Intervention in an Environment of Limited Privacy Regulation - October 2001
   
• Nonprofit Organizations and Privacy: Responsible Mailing List Management

Online Privacy    

• Privacy Groups Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to Veto Spyware Bill -- September 2004
  
  
• Online Pharmacies Scant on Privacy Rights, Study Finds -- June 2004
   
• Privacy Groups Call on California Attorney General Lockyer to Investigate Google Gmail -- May 2004
   
• Thirty One Privacy and Civil Liberties Organizations Urge Google to Suspend Gmail -- April 2004
   
• Why I stopped Shopping at Amazon.com: A Reading Expert Sounds Off.. - November 2000
   
• Eight Reasons to be Skeptical of a "Technology Fix" for Protecting Privacy - October 2000
   
• What's Missing from This Picture? (NAAG speech) Privacy Protection in the New Millennium -- July 2000
   
• Privacy Expectations in a High Tech World --Internet Privacy Summit -- February 2000
   
• The Emperor's New Clothes: Privacy on the Internet in 1999
   
• True or False? You Can Find Out Anything about Anybody on the Net
   
• Comments In Opposition to the Court Technology Committee Draft Rule
   
• Public Records In A Computerized Network Environment: Privacy Implications

Outsourcing    

Statement on Outsourcing and Privacy -- March 2004

Privacy Tips    

• Don Ray's 104 Privacy Tips

Public Opinion Polls    

• Public Attitudes about the Privacy of Information, excerpted from 'The New York Senate Majority Task Force on the Invasion of Privacy' -- April 2000

Public Records    

• Comments to the Internal Revenue Service: Disclosure and Use of Tax Return Information -- March 2006

• Why PRC Opposes CA Proposition 69, Expanded DNA Collection -- September 2004

• Letter to the Editor: Fundrace.org Exposes Campaign Donors' Addresses Unnecessarily -- April 2004
   
• Using Court Record Information for Marketing - Gottlieb -- January 2004
   
• Posting Home Photos on the Internet -- A ND Family Says "No" -- July 2002
   
• Public Records on the Internet: The Privacy Dilemma -- April 2002
   
• Public Access to Electronic Case Files -- January 2001
   
• Bankruptcy, Public Records and Privacy -- September 2000
   
• Privacy Implications of Privatization of the County's Information Technology Systems -- February 1999
   
• Merging County Social Services Data Bases: Privacy Pitfalls and a Policy Solution -- April 1998
   
• Speech from San Diego Technology Summit
   
• Social Security Administration Forum - Internet Access to the Personal Earnings and Benefits Statement -- March 1997
   
• Comments In Opposition to the Court Technology Committee Draft Rule
   
• Public Records In A Computerized Network Environment: Privacy Implications

Readability  

• Compliance vs. Communication: Readability of HIPAA Notices (Hochauser) -- February 2004
   
• Readability of HIPAA Medical Privacy Notices (Hochauser) -- April 2003
   
• How Consumers Responded to Financial Privacy Notices -- Comments to FTC -- December 2001
   
• Financial Privacy Notices: Do They Really Want You to Know What They're Saying? -- June 2001
   
• Lost in the Fine Print II: Readability of Financial Privacy Notices (Hochauser) - May 2001
   
• Lost in the Fine Print: Readability of Financial Privacy Notices (Hochauser) -- April 2001

RFID  

• RFID Comments at FTC Workshop: Implementing RFID Responsibly -- June 2004
   
• Imagining the Future: RFID and Privacy on "California Connected" -- May 2004
   
• RFID and Libraries -- Presentations to ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee -- January 2004
   
• RFID Position Statement of Consumer Privacy and Civil Liberties Organizations -- November 2003
   
• RFID and the Public Policy Void: Givens' Testimony - August 2003

SSNs   

• Social Security Numbers in the Private Sector: Comments to the FTC --
  September 2007
  
  
• The Secure Transcript: Universities' Use of SSNs on Transcripts (Titus)--
  May 2007

• College and University Privacy Issues - December 2001

Student Privacy    

• College and University Privacy Issues - June 2001

Telephone Privacy    

• Prerecorded Telemarketing Calls: PRC's Comments to the FTC -- December 2006
  
  
• Prohibit Debt Collectors from Calling Cell Phones: Comments to the FCC -- May 2006
  
  
• Keeping Phone Call Records Private: Comments to the FCC -- April 2006

• Comments Regarding the Junk Fax Bill of 2005 to the Federal Communciations Commission -- January 2006

• Prerecorded Telemarketing Messages to Existing Business Customers: Comments to FTC -- January 2005

• Comments to FCC on Federal "Do-Not-Call" List - December 2002
   
• Comments on California "Do Not Call" List - July 2002
   
• Caller ID: The Case For Consumer Education

Travel

• Case Filed Against JetBlue for Violating its Privacy Policy -- September 2003

Workplace    

• The Tradeoff between Privacy and Openness in Employment Screening: Speech at the Conference of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners -- April 2006

• Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening: Comments to the DOJ -- August 2005
  
  
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- March 2004
  
   
• Tips for Jobseekers Re-entering the Workplace Who Have Criminal Records -- September 2003
   
• Big Brother and the Hiring Process -- June 2002