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Tag Archives: Privacy

Data Tracing: Proposal for a Privacy and Data Security Law

– My recent Equifax issue (here, here) lead me to wonder about my personal data. Consumers should be able to find out the following: 1. What a given company is doing with one’s personal information (processing / data mining) 2. Which third parties are privy and have access to their…

Equifax Update: Incorrect information issue compounded

– Late last month I wrote that my credit monitoring service alerted me that Equifax made a mistake on my credit report. When I followed-up with Equifax via the phone, they would not tell me who provided the incorrect information. It was a minor, non-financial mistake, but a mistake…

Privacy: Comedian Tom Green Reveals Internals of House through Published Camera Test

– Through the course of one intentional action we can leak data unintentionally. Tom intentionally published on his website a video of him testing his wireless camera in his house (see below). He intentionally walks through his house to demonstrate the wireless capabilities. Here’s where we…

Tools to help protect your internet anonymity

– Ever need a disposable phone number or temporary login in credentials to stop receiving spam? Here is a link to a number of websites that have potentially useful privacy tools. …

Equifax: Will not disclose inaccurate upstream data provider

– My credit is monitored for possible changes to my accounts. It turns out that one piece of information on my credit report was changed and now is not correct. It’s not life threating and does not impact my credit score, but it’s still incorrect information. To resolve this issue, I…