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Protecting Your Privacy Frequency Asked Questions on banking privacy Personal privacy is under attack more today than at any time in U.S. history. The ability for corporations and government to collect detailed personal information about individuals and store that information in searchable databases is a side effect of recent technological advances. It is vitally important that personal privacy is protected and control over personal information is left up to the individual. Inslee reintroduces bill to crack down on pretexting U.S. Rep Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), along with U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), introduced a bill in the House yesterday that would protect consumer privacy by cracking down on telephone record pretexting. Help for veterans at risk for identity theft Up to 26.5 million veterans nationwide were placed at risk of identity theft after a laptop computer was stolen that contained electronic files with their names, birthdates and Social Security numbers from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee on May 3. Inslee opposes NSA phone-record database U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee called for hearings to investigate reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) has compiled a database of Americans' calling habits with help from several telephone companies that didn't obtain consent from consumers or warrants from law-enforcement officials. Lawmakers pressure IRS to protect taxpayer privacy Members of Congress made clear they don't favor an Internal Revenue Service plan that would allow the sale or distribution of sensitive financial and personal information on tax filings to marketers and data-collection companies. Inslee pans IRS plan to sell taxpayer data U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee blasted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for contributing to the erosion of consumer privacy. In a letter to the federal agency, he criticized a proposed rule change that would allow sensitive information provided on tax filings - and even entire returns - to be sold to marketers and data-collection companies. Inslee bill spurs phone privacy legislation in House commerce panel The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation that would make it illegal for online companies to sell phone records they obtained by posing as account holders. The action was prompted by panel members U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee and Marsha Blackburn, who authored in January the first House bill aimed at keeping telephone records private. Phone records legislation advances quickly in House A key House panel held a hearing on the threat posed to American consumers by online companies that sell phone records without the consent of account holders. Among measures discussed aimed at protecting such information included a bill penned by committee members U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee and Marsha Blackburn. Lawmakers unveil legislation to keep phone records private Lawmakers unveiled legislation aimed at preventing imposters from accessing the phone records of unsuspecting consumers. Their announcement came in response to reports that online companies sell illegally obtained cell phone records for as little as $100. A bill sponsored by U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee and Marsha Blackburn would increase criminal penalties for people who pose as account holders to access telephone and cell phone records. |
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