Consumer Federation of America

Privacy

Educational Resources

Press Releases

Studies

Testimony and Comments

Educational Resources

5 Myths about Online Behavioral Advertising, 11/12/09. (PDF)

Online Behavioral Advertising: Tracking Your Every Click, 07/07/09. (PDF)

Ten Easy Steps to Protect Your Personal Information and Detect Fraud, 04/08/09. (PDF)

Six Questions to Ask When Shopping for Identity Theft Services, 04/08/09. (PDF)

Press Releases

Ten Privacy and Consumer Groups Ask Congressional Leaders to Strengthen Privacy Bill, 06/07/10. (PDF)

Consumer Federation of America Applauds President Obama’s Speech on Financial Regulatory Reform, 09/14/09. (PDF)

CFA and other consumer and privacy groups urge Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer privacy in online behavioral tracking and targeting, 09/01/09. (PDF)

To Catch a Thief: New analysis of a growing industry raises questions about claims and how services actually help consumers, 03/18/09. (PDF)

CFA Joins International Consumer Groups in Calling for Basic Consumer Rights in a Digital World, 01/28/09. (PDF)
Consumer Federation of America Applauds Limits on Prerecorded Sales Calls, 08/20/08. (PDF)
Public Interest and Privacy Groups Call on Congress to Investigate the Use of New Technology which Discloses Private and Personal Internet Activity without Notice to Consumers, 06/06/08. (PDF)

Studies

Fringe Financial Product Privacy and Security White Paper, 09/16/09. (PDF)

CFA Handbook Federal and State Legal Protections of Consumers’ Financial Information Privacy and Security, 09/16/09. (PDF)

How to Contact State Insurance Regulators about Financial Privacy and Security, 09/16/09. (PDF)

How to Contact State Attorneys General and Credit Regulators about Financial Privacy and Security, 09/16/09. (PDF)

How to Contact Federal Agencies about Financial Privacy and Security, 09/16/09. (PDF)

To Catch a Thief: Are Identity Theft Services Worth the Cost?, 03/18/09. (PDF)

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Testimony and Comments

Testimony of Consumer and Privacy Groups on Information Privacy Before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 07/22/10. (PDF)

Comments to FTC on Review of Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 06/30/10. (PDF)

Consumer Groups' Letter to Senators Boucher and Stearns Concerning Privacy Bill, 06/04/10. (PDF)

CFA Signs Letter to Senator Lieberman Urging Suspension of TSA Full Body Scanner Program, 05/28/10. (PDF)

CFA Signs Letter to Senator Thompson Urging Suspension of TSA Full Body Scanner Program, 05/28/10. (PDF)

Groups Urge Opposition to a Biometric National ID in Immigration Reform, 05/24/10. (PDF)

Groups Lodge Formal Complaint to FTC on Facebook Privacy Policies, 05/05/10. (PDF)

CFA Signs Letter Supporting Strong Privacy Legislation, Particularly for Online Behavioral Advertising, 05/03/10. (PDF)

CFA Signs Petition for Suspension of TSA Full Body Scanner Program, 04/29/10. (PDF)

Digital Signage Privacy Principles, 02/25/10. (PDF)

Consumer advocacy groups' comments to FCC on consumer privacy in National Broadband Plan, 01/29/10. (PDF)

CFA and other public interest groups call on FCC to endorse Fair Information Practices, 01/29/10. (PDF)
CFA Signs On to Supplemental Comments to the FTC on Privacy Settings for Facebook, 01/20/10. (PDF)

CFA and Others Express Concern to Senate HELP Committee over Privacy Issues in the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, 01/12/10. (PDF)

CFA, EPIC and Other Groups File an FTC Complaint Against Facebook for Privacy Settings, 12/17/09. (PDF)

Statement of Dr. Mark Cooper at OECD Conference on E-Commerce Consumer Protection, 12/08/09. (PDF)

Comments to the FTC Calling for Better Regulation of Privacy in Travel Data, 11/06/09. (PDF)

Consumer and Privacy Groups Call on the FTC to Protect Consumer Privacy in the 21st Century, 11/05/09. (PDF)

Consumer and privacy groups call on the FCC to protect the privacy of wireless customers, 10/14/09. (PDF)

CFA and other consumer and privacy groups issue fact sheet on protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral tracking and targeting, 09/01/09. (PDF)

CFA and other consumer and privacy groups issue legislative primer on protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral tracking and targeting, 09/01/09. (PDF)

CFA and other consumer and privacy groups send letter to Representatives Boucher and Stearns, House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, on protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral tracking and targeting, 09/01/09. (PDF)

CFA and other consumer and privacy groups send letter to Representatives Rush and Radanovich, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, on protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral tracking and targeting, 09/01/09. (PDF)

CFA and other consumer and privacy groups send letter to Representatives Waxman and Barton, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, on protecting consumer privacy in online behavioral tracking and targeting, 09/01/09. (PDF)

CFA joined other consumer and privacy advocates in a resolution to the US Senate supporting the Council of Europe's Convention 108 for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, 01/28/09. (PDF)
CFA Joins Broad Coalition to Alert Obama Administration on Consumer Privacy, 12/19/08. (PDF)
CFA and Over 100 Organizations Sign on to Letter Regarding Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Negotiations, 09/15/08. (PDF)
CFA and Consumer Groups Comment to FTC on ‘Contactless Payment’ Systems, 06/20/08. (PDF)

CFA, Consumer Groups and Others Urge Rep. Markey to Hold Hearings on ISPs and Web Advertisement Targeting Based on Subscribers’ Web Activities, 06/06/08. (PDF)

Consumer Federation, Consumers Union and Consumer Action Comments to FTC on ‘Mobile Marketing,’ 05/02/08. (PDF)

RE: Behavioral Marketing Principles; CFA and CU Push FTC to Take Stronger Steps to Protect Consumer Privacy, 04/11/08. (PDF)
Mark Cooper Comments to FTC Meeting on Ehavioral Advertising, 11/16/07. (PDF)

Sign-on Letter, In advance of the FTC Town Hall, Ehavioral Advertising: Tracking, Targeting, and Technology, to be held November 1-2, 2007 in Washington, 11/01/07. (PDF)

Comments to FTC Regarding TSR Prerecorded Call Prohibition and Call Abandonment Standard Modification , 12/15/06. (PDF)