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Organizations (including private companies, nonprofits, and government entities) should clearly communicate:
Policymakers should conduct oversight on data brokers to ensure transparency and accountability. Data brokers should be required to register with a regulator.
Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that organizations effectively protect against unauthorized access to or misuse of personal information.
Organizations must effectively inform consumers about how their personal information is secured and what actions will be taken in the event of a security breach.
Companies, government agencies, and individuals should protect the unauthorized use, display, collection, and sale of SSNs. Criminal and civil penalties for SSN misuse should be increased.
Federal policymakers should strengthen protections and enforcement against identity theft.
Policymakers should enact consumer protections and should eliminate deceptive practices. Mail solicitations should not appear to come from the government.
Policymakers should establish requirements or provide incentives for universal design features to be incorporated into homes.