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Privacy Today
	Privacy Today explores some of the "hot" issues on privacy. While most of our site focuses on practical consumer advice, Privacy Today is different. It examines the latest issues from a policy perspective. We discuss 21 different timely topics including behavioral targeting, cloud computing, RFID, data profiling, and location tracking. We briefly describe each, and then look ahead into what the future may hold.
A Chronology of Data Breaches
	Our Chronology contains summary information about reported security (data) breaches occurring in the U.S. since 2005. It is a useful listing that promotes a better understanding of the importance of maintaining appropriate controls over personal data.
Privacy Alert
	Alert: Online Personal Health Records: Are They Healthy for Your Privacy? A personal health record (PHR) is a tool for collecting, tracking, and sharing information about your health. Most PHRs are Internet-based and enable the patient to create, review, or maintain a record of any aspect of their health. . . .In addition to storing an individual's personal health information, some PHRs provide additional services such as drug interaction checking or messaging between patients and medical providers. <Read More> Other Recent Entries and Alerts

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Privacy Alert

Alert: Planning a Summer Vacation? Be a Privacy-Smart Traveler

Many people are scaling back their summer vacation plans because of the current economic situation. Some are staying closer to home. Others may be taking shorter vacations. But it’s important to remember that when you travel, your risk of exposure to fraud and identity theft may increase. It’s a fact that people tend to let their guard down while on vacation. Criminals know this.

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