Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a nationwide settlement with the consumer reporting giant, Equifax, as the result of an investigation into a massive 2017 data breach, the largest-ever breach of consumer data. Oregon will receive over $2.8 million from... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum testified today before the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee in support of HB 2395, which aims to better protect individual Oregonians’ privacy and personal internet-connected devices from cyberattack. The protections in the bill require manufacturers to... View Article
Leading a coalition of 31 state Attorneys General, Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum today sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the federal agency to not only maintain its “Identity Theft Rules”, also called “Red Flag Rules”, but,... View Article
Attention Oregonians: A new Medicare card is coming your way. It will no longer have your Social Security number on it. That is the good news! The bad news is the scammers have discovered this and may try to take... View Article
Attorney General Rosenblum co-led a bipartisan coalition of 37 state and territory Attorneys General in sending a letter demanding answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s business practices and privacy protections. Recent news reports indicate the data of... View Article
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today testified before the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Senate Bill 1551, which, if passed, would strengthen Oregon’s data breach laws even further, especially in light of the recent Equifax data breach that affected... View Article
If you are thinking about giving to a charity before the end of the year, you are not alone. Studies show half of charity donations are made between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. And during this busy holiday time, it’s... View Article
One of the three major credit reporting companies – Equifax – revealed that the personal data of 143 million U.S. consumers in its care – nearly half the country – has been compromised. This huge hack of personal data occurred... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today praised the Oregon legislature for passing legislation (HB 2090) that will update Oregon’s consumer law to hold companies accountable for their online privacy policies. Sen. Chuck Riley carried the bill in the Senate, and... View Article
