Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Nonprofit consumer education and advocacy project. Publications provide in-depth information on a variety of informational privacy issues, as well as practical tips on safeguarding personal privacy
privacyrights.org
Title: Welcome to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Description: The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy project located in San Diego, California. Its purposes are to: (1) raise consumers' awareness of how technology affects personal privacy; (2) empower consumers to take action to control their own personal information by providing practical tips on privacy protection (3) refer consumers to appropriate agencies and organizations for further assistance; (4) documents consumers' concerns about privacy and alert government and industry policymakers to them; and (5) and advocate for consumers' privacy rights in public policy proceedings. The PRC publishes a series of fact sheets as well as a book, The Privacy Rights Handbook, containing practical self-help information for consumers. The director of the PRC is Beth Givens.
Privacy Rights Clearighouse es una organización educacional sin fines de lucro ubicada en San Diego, California. Los objetivos de la organización son: 1) concienciar a los consumidores sobre cómo la tecnología puede afectar su privacidad; 2) ayudar a los consumidores, por medio de consejos prácticos sobre la protección a la privacidad, a tomar las medidas necesarias para protegerse; 3) dirigir a los consumidores a las organizaciones y dependencias necesarias para encontrar soluciones; 4) documentar las preocupaciones que existen entre los consumidores sobre temas de la privacidad y alertar al gobierno y a funcionarios clave, y 5) participar como un grupo que aboga por los derechos del consumidor ante procedimientos públicos en donde se toman este tipo de decisiones. PRC publica una serie de Páginas Informativas y un libro llamado The Privacy Rights Handbook, que contiene información para los consumidores. La directora de la organización es Beth Givens.
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