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What Californians understand about privacy offline
A research report by Chris Jay Hoofnagle and Jennifer King (UC Berkeley School of Law, Center for Law & Technology) finds that Californians are more likely to be privacy pragmatists or fundamentalists, and less likely to be unconcerned about privacy.

Measuring identity theft at top banks
A study entitled "Identity Theft: Making the Known Unknowns Known" attempts to uncover more about the crime and the damages it creates.

Online toolkit helps consumers safeguard medical information
Consumer Action Privacy Coalition partner, Patient Privacy Rights, has updated its "Privacy Toolkit" for consumers interested in protecting their medical data.

ACLU video a scary vision of privacy future
A video released by the American Civil Liberties Union illustrates how new technology, such as behavioral marketing and online tracking, combined with weak privacy laws, could reveal personal information and erode individual privacy rights.

FTC videos warn of online phishing scams
The Federal Trade Commission has released new videos that illustrate the dangers of online phishing.

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