Consumers Speak Out:
Cases and Stories from the PRC's Hotline

Stories submitted to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse by consumers who contacted our hotline. If you have a story about a privacy infringement that you would like to share, please email it to webmaster [at] privacyrights [dot] org and write in the subject line "Consumers Speak Out". Please indicate how you would like your name to appear, if at all.

Contributed Stories:

• Does Medicare's Use of Social Security Numbers Enable Identity Theft? -- February 2012

• I Just Want My Privacy - Speaking Out Against Online Information Brokers  -- October 2010

• How Medical Faxes Have Been Sent to My Home by Mistake  -- July 2010

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

• Ordering Medication from Online Pharmacy Lead to Identity Theft -- March 2006

• NC Resident Questions FCRA's Background Check Consent Loophole for Truck Drivers (Bellows) -- March 2006

• A Benefit of Ordering One's Free Credit Report Online Rather than by Phone (Contributed) -- March 2006

• In Light of Recent Data Breaches, a WA Resident Suggests Needed Legislative Reform to Protect Consumers (Contributed) -- April 2005
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Posting Home Photos on the Internet -- A ND Family Says "No" (Contributed) -- July 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
  
  
• A Consumer's Complaint Regarding Rite Aid Pharmacy (Contributed)

See Also Our Experts Speak Out Page

• In Their Own Words -- Identity theft victims through the years talk about their experiences