PRC in the News -- 2004
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DECEMBER 2004
National Public Radio: Navy SEALs File Suit over Alleged Abuse Photos (12.30.04)
NY Times News Service: Retailers Crack Down on Returns (12.28.04)
Knight Ridder : Retailers Get Tough on Returns (12.25.04)
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Stolen Data Used to Set Up Web Sites (12.23.04)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Livermore Collection Firm in the Running for IRS Work
Critics Question Use of Private Companies to Gather Back Taxes (12.23.04)
San Diego Union Tribune:
Clusters of Customers (12.19.04)
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Stores' Stricter Return Rules May Require IDs (12.17.04)
Sacramento Bee:
Privacy is Option in New Directory for Cell Phones (12.16.04)
Ashbury Park Press:
Stores Go High-tech, Track Items Returned (12.16.04)
Kansas City Star:
High-tech Gadgets Pull Back Curtains on Previously Private (12.08.04) **
MSNBC:
What Are These Companies Saying about You? (12.08.04)
San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed:
Profiting at Expense of Your Privacy (12.07.04)
The Intelligencer:
Cops Divulging Too Much Info? (12.06.04)
Kansas City Star:
Tracking Your Every Move (12.05.04) **
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Stores Rethink Policies on Returns (12.05.04)
Internetnews.com:
EPassports Could Have Blocking Mechanism (12.03.04)
Realty Times: Specialty Credit, Financial Data Reports Now Also Free (12.02.04)
MSN Money:
Free Credit Reports Are Just the Start (12.01.04)
MSNBC:
Free Credit Reports May Reveal Surprises (12.01.04)
CBS Marketwatch:
Those Other Credit Reports (12.01.04)
NOVEMBER 2004
Washington Post: A Potential Credit Score: Bureaus See Chance for a Profit in Free-Report Act (11.24.04)
Wired News:
Court Documents Not Fit for Web? (11.23.04)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Unless You Opt Out, SBC Will Share Your Data with 50+ Firms (11.21.04)
Computer World: Convenience or Security: What Do Your Customers Value More? (11.19.04)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
More Debit Cards Replaced (11.19.04)
NBC 7-39: Blacklisted Buyers (11.11.04)
Christian Science Monitor:
Privacy Lost with the Touch of a Keystroke? (11.10.04)
Washington Post:
Some Shoppers Find Fewer Happy Returns (11.07.04)
LA Times:
Data Security Breached at Wells Fargo (11.03.04)
OCTOBER 2004
North County Times:
Privacy Advocate a San Diego Original (10.23.04)
Kiplinger.com:
A Peek at Your Personal Dossier (10.21.04)
San Jose Mercury News: UC hacking may have gotten data on 600,000 (10.21.04)
Careerbuilder.com: Check Your Background Before Your Employer Does (10.13.04)
Sacramento Bee:More DNA Collections Advocated (10.09.04)
UCLA Daily Bruin: Campaign Donations: The Juicy Gossip (10.04.04)
Cox News: Photo Messaging Still Developing (10.03.04)
Daily Northwestern: Unsolicited Callers Target Students for Identity Theft (10.01.04)
SEPTEMBER 2004
Kiplinger: Telemarketers Hang Up (09.30.2004)
CBS Marketwatch: Retailers Crack Down on 'Repeat Returners' (09.28.04)
Sacramento Bus. Journal: Suit: Grocer Selling Customer Drug Lists (09.27.04)
Chicago Sun-Times: Stealth Marketing Suit Hits Drugstores (09.27.04)
CNET News: Big Boss is Watching (09.24.04)
RedHerring: A Web of Deceit (09.22.04)
Marketplace: Privacy and the Cellphone (09.21.04)
ABC-KGTV: Consumers Disgruntled By Junk Faxes (09.17.04)
ABC-KGTV: Credit Reports To Be Free By Year's End (09.15.04)
Paradise Post: DNA Proposition on Ballot (09.11.04)
Computer World: California Group Sues Albertson's Over Privacy Concerns (09.10.04)
NBC 7-39: Supermarket Chain Accused Of Selling Customer Drug Info (09.10.04)
San Diego Union Tribune: Firms Said to Pay for Data on its Customers (09.10.04)
AUGUST 2004
U.S. News and World Report: Many Colleges Use Social Security Numbers as Student
Identifiers, So Be on Guard (08.28.04)
Houston Chronicle: Stores Going High-Tech to Thwart Identity Theft (08.28.04)
Washington Post: Rooting Around in Your Past (08.26.04)
NBC 7-39: Local Company Stokes Fears Over Privacy Invasion (08.18.04)
Washington Times: Big Brother Offers a Driving Discount (08.12.04)
Associated Press: Progressive Offers to Trade Privacy for Price Break (08.12.04)
Public Radio's Sound Money: Privacy (requires RealPlayer) (08.07.04)
Modesto Bee: Popular Surname Can Be a Real Pain (08.02.04)
Tennessean: Undercover Shopping a Mystery to Many (08.01.04)
JULY 2004
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Court Web Site Easy Pickings for ID Thieves (07.29.04)
Business 2.0: Get Ready for the Age of Consumer Monitoring (07.23.04)
ABC-KGTV: For Sale: Children's Private Info (07.23.04)
Washington Post: Parties Square Off In a Database Duel (07.20.04)
North County Times: Downtown Encinitas Could Become a Wireless 'Hot Spot' (07.17.04)
PC Magazine: No Where To Hide (07.13.04)
AP: Six-Pack-A-Day Drinker Loses License (07.13.04)
Orange County Register: Big Brother Becomes Reality with Cellphone Technology (07.11.04)
SecurityFocus.com: VoIP Hacks Gut Caller I.D. (07.06.04)
Las Vegas Review Journal: Arrest Throws Woman's Life into Disarray (07.05.04)
Kansas City Star: When Thieves Took Her Identity, She Didn't Take It Lying Down (07.04.04)
Sun-Sentinel.com: Scanners to Lend Hand in Tracking Students (07.01.04)
JUNE 2004
ABC-KGTV: Don't Get Hooked By 'Phishers' (06.29.04)
TechNewsWorld: Consumer Alert: Identity Theft on the Rise (06.29.04)
ABC-KGTV: Privacy Act Protects Online Users (06.28.04)
San Diego Union Tribune: The Other Rent Check (06.27.04)
ComputerWeekly.com: Call for review of RFID's Privacy Impact
(06.22.04)
InfoWorld: Privacy Advocates: RFID Technical Review Needed (06.22.04)
St. Paul Pioneer: Criminal Records Go Online in July (06.17.04)
Troy Record: National 'No-Spam' List Deemed Unwise Without Sender Identification System (06.16.04)
WiredNews: Calls for Leash on Voter Data  (06.15.04)
San Jose Mercury News: 'Don't call me -- I'll call you,' say Californians (06.13.04) **
Internet News: RFID Privacy Gap? (06.10.04)
San Diego Union Tribune: Customers Could Block Listings, Avert Sales Calls (06.08.04)
Newsweek: The 'Patriot' Search (06.04.04)
MSNBC: Tracking Campaign Money, Door to Door (06.03.04)
MAY 2004
San Diego Union Tribune: E-privacy Bill Would Blow Cover of Bosses who Spy (05.31.04
NY Times: Wanted: Young Voters' Cellphone Numbers (05.27.04)
AP: Hanging Up on Do-Not-Call Violators (05.25.04)
NBC 7-39: Web Site Makes Political Contributions Public Record (05.24.04)
Washington Times: Directory Planned for Cell Numbers (05.21.04)
California Connected: Imagining the Future: RFID and Privacy (05.17.04)
Fox News Network: Cell Phone Directory Raises Concerns (05.13.04)
Napa News (CA): St. Helena Hospital Sued in Privacy Dispute (05.11.04)
APRIL 2004
ABC-KGTV: Privacy Advocates Worry About Google E-Mail (04.16.04)
AP: Amazon Launches Internet Search Service (04.14.04)
News-JournalOnline.com: ID theft Prompts Changes at Stetson (04.14.04)
Chicago Tribune: Too Much Information: Online Search Engines Make Harassment a Scary Reality (04.08.04)
Guardian UK: Google is Watching You (04.04.04)
MARCH 2004
San Diego Union Tribune: SDSU Says Computer Server was Infiltrated (03.17.04)
San Francisco Chronicle: New Scam Threat at EBay -- Hackers Obtained Information on Some Customers (03.16.04)
Computer World: Test Your Privacy Knowledge -- A Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Computerworld Quiz (03.15.04)
FEBRUARY 2004
CBS MarketWatch: Background Checks Up Sharply (02.17.05) **
ABC 7: Little-Known Credit Card Law Still Being Broken (02.17.04)
JANUARY 2004
MSNBC: Most Firms Now Use Background Checks (01.24.04)
Richmond Times Dispatch (VA): Data Make Privacy a Prized Commodity (01.04.04)
CBS Market Watch: New Weapons to Fight ID Theft (12.16.03)
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