Privacy Maven

Following upon credit bureau TransUnion's announement that it will allow consumers to "freeze" their credit in the case of identity theft, Equifax said it will make that same service available in the eleven states that do not have credit-freeze laws: The company was responding to an announcement by TransUnion a day ...

In a second New York Times article, Laurie Goodstein reports that there is mounting outrage from religious organizations and elected officials across the political spectrum over the federal Bureau of Prison's decision to remove selected religious books from prison libraries. The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of some of ...

It's hard to believe it has been nearly five years since the National Do Not Call Registry was begin. June 2008 marks five years and for those who signed up early on, that is when their do-not-call status will end. More than 149 million phone numbers are ...

In May, 2006, the Veterans Administration (VA) fell victim to an enormous data breach, affecting more than 26.5 million veterans. Now more than a year later, the news from the Government Accounting Office (GAO) is not good. They assess that the VA is at risk for another data ...