You be the judge, but they certainly think they're onto something, and that the consumer file-sharing clouds have something to be nervous about.
During the national field study, consumer files (n=327) from 11 District Health Boards, and registered nurses (n=422) completed an attitude questionnaire regarding the regularity of specific nursing and service activities.
A subset of the respondents to the online survey were then selected by matching them based on a set of demographic characteristics to the individuals randomly drawn from the population (i.e., from the consumer files), using age, race, gender, income, education, and media usage.
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, more than 83 million consumer files became vulnerable this year in at least 760 known privacy beaches.
And these incidents are only the crumbs on top of the coffee cake when you consider that hackers and thieves have improperly accessed more than 600 million consumer files since 2004.
In 2012, some of its commercials were banned in the UK after a consumer filed a complaint that the celebrity endorsers were not likely using the product's UK formulation.
With LendingTree, Mr. Lebda said, consumers file a "loan request" using an online form.
The representative suggested that in addition to filing a complaint with the bureau, consumers file one with their state attorney generals' offices.
Tens of thousands become victims of identity theft every year, and the crime has become the top complaint that consumers file with the Federal Trade Commission.
Lawmakers, skeptical of the central bank's ability to pre-empt future bubbles, are debating legislation that would consolidate regulators and take away some of the Fed's powers — for instance, its role in helping consumers file complaints against banks.
