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Mandatory Black Boxes in Cars Raise Privacy Questions

NHTSA is proposing the mandatory inclusion of black boxes in all new cars and light trucks sold in America.

Mandatory Black Boxes in Cars Raise Privacy Questions EFF Urges Strict Rules to Protect Drivers’ Data

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Privacy National Consumer Law Center Massive Data Sharing

#upworthy #privacy Come September, the watchdog found that 20 percent of Americans are likely to see a different personal credit score from the one a potential lender would see.

#Privacy Equifax Sells Private Information To Debt Collectors

Equifax, one of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies with one of the most expansive private databases of information, has accumulated the salary and employment records of more than one-third of U.S. adults, according to NBC.
How does Equifax do it? The credit agency gets the sensitive information from U.S. businesses and feeds it into one of its subsidiaries, The Work Number. Used by lenders and employment screeners, The Work Number serves as a verification of employment and income information.
According to NBC, once the information is compiled, Equifax sells some of it to debt collectors and financial services companies without expressly notifying the individual whose information is being distributed.
Demitra Wilson, a spokesperson for Equifax, verified that debt collectors can request employment data from The Work Number.
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ACLS Announces 2013 Public Fellows Program

ACLS Announces 2013 Public Fellows Program

The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the third competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 20 recent humanities PhDs in two- year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. This career-launching initiative aims to demonstrate that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy.
In 2013, Public Fellows have the opportunity to join one of the following organizations:
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