The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) has announced the launch of an interactive online complaint center designed to serve as a clearinghouse for consumer privacy complaints. PRC says its staff will review and respond to every complaint, providing individuals with individualized information and strategies to address their problem. Complaints submitted to the PRC will be forwarded…
Category: Breaches
Harsher data protection sanctions are coming
Peter Fleischer predicts: When Apollo wanted to stop Laokoon from warning the Trojans that there were Greek soldiers in the famous Trojan Horse, he sent two giant snakes to kill Laokoon and his sons. Talk about sanctions! Have we considered using killer snakes to punish data protection violations and to discourage future bad practices? Since…
Tax fraud victims sue IRS for refund
Elaine Silvestrini reports that some victims of ID theft/tax refund fraud are mad as hell – at the IRS – and they’re not going to take it any more: As far as Jay Gordon is concerned, the Internal Revenue Service was the victim of someone who used Gordon’s identity to commit tax fraud, and now…
Is Privacy Act Violated as Voting War’s GOP Hit Man is Fed Leaks By Justice Department Mole?
Steven Rosenfeld writes: A crusading GOP critic of the Obama Justice Department’s Voting Section, Hans von Spakovsky, has admitted to having Department sources that are leaking apparently confidential and highly personal information that he is using to viciously attack Voting Section staff and to smear the Department at large. Leaking such information — including details…