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World Privacy Forum in the News:

A list of stories WPF has been quoted in from our early work to our most recent.

Press Contact:

+1 760-712-4281 or info@worldprivacyforum.org.

World Privacy Forum and the Media:

The World Privacy Forum is a non-profit public interest research group with well-established privacy expertise. WPF is widely cited in major news outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Associated Press, Forbes, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC news, NPR, Time, Newsweek, Modern Healthcare, Politico, International Herald Tribune, International Business Times, Wissen, Agence France Presse, and many others. 

Press Releases:

See below.

World Privacy Forum and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse ask the FTC to immediately stop credit bureaus from blocking web links to www.annualcreditreport.com

The World Privacy Forum and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse sent a letter to the FTC today requesting the agency immediately take steps to protect consumers in advance of the March 1 rollout of free credit reports to Midwestern U.S. residents.

Press Release: Call Don’t Click II: Why it’s smarter to order a federally mandated credit report via the phone instead of the internet

A new report issued today by the World Privacy Forum in advance of the March 1 rollout of free credit reports to Midwestern U.S. residents shows that consumers may be better off calling or mailing for their federally mandated free credit report instead of going online for it.