Advocacy

Testimony by Beth Givens, Executive Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (July 17, 2014, El Paso TX)

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy organization. We are 21 years old and are located in San Diego, California.

Shortly after its founding, Facebook had developed a rather simple privacy policy: “No personal information that you submit to Thefacebook will be available to any user of the Web Site who does not belong to at least one of the Read More

The data broker industry has been on the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s (PRC) radar for over a decade, and we continue to receive questions and complaints about data brokers almost every day. Read More

The White House recently released a report on big data. While it was highly anticipated by people who closely follow data privacy issues, chances are that it wasn't on the radar of most individuals. Read More

Chairpersons Jackson and Correa, and members of the Senate Judiciary and Banking Committees:

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the topic of data breaches.

Assembly Privacy Hearing: Online Data Brokers and Fair Information Practices

Thank you Chairman Chau of the Select Committee on Privacy … and members of the Committee for the opportunity to speak at this hearing on Online and Mobile App Ecosystems.