Like many of you, I was appalled when I heard accounts of employers forcing prospective employees to provide passwords to personal websites like Facebook as part of the hiring process. As Americans, we value our privacy, and the thought that our privacy could be invaded as part of the job hunt is anathema to us.
There should be nothing contentious or partisan about providing affordable college education. In coming weeks, the Congress must seize the opportunity to invest in college affordability, or student loan intrest rates will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent in July.
As Connecticut’s attorney general, I saw firsthand how practically important and meaningful the Violence Against Women Act is to the thousands of victims of violence throughout the state. The people of Connecticut understand the importance of this legislation, and I urge House leadership to pass this bill without delay.
Incorporation of dietary supplements, which are not reviewed by the FDA, alongside tested and approved over the counter drugs creates the possibility for consumer confusion and possibly dangerous consequences.
Google users cannot prevent Google from collecting their information for Google’s internal uses, they can take steps to prevent the combining of personal information to generate personalized advertisements or search results.
The White House announced a set of principles designed to protect consumers’ online privacy. I am pleased that the President is supporting such an effort - including a number of consumer protection measures I've proposed and worked to achieve.
Google announced changes to their privacy policies and terms of service. I am troubled that these changes appear to allow greater use by Google of consumers’ information but do not give consumers the ability to opt out of such new uses of their data.
Anyone who has tried to make sense of his credit card bill or mortgage statement knows that these documents are often dense, difficult pages of confusing legalese. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been working on a project to improve and simplify the disclosures for a number of consumer financial products.
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