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All Consumer Action publications are available online, with most also available as a PDF download. Government agencies, nonprofits and other community-based organizations who wish to distribute our publications for educational purposes can use the PDF file to instantly produce a professional-looking brochure using an office printer.

Library of Korean Publications, Sorted by Date

Workplace Privacy (Korean)

Library: Korean | Workplace Privacy (Korean) 근무 중 여러분의 권리 .

To protect your personal privacy and your job, you should know when and how employers can monitor and gather information about you. This publication explains some of the situations in which monitoring might occur in the workplace and explains your privacy rights as an employee.

Filed Under: Credit Privacy Rights on Dec 21, 2009

 
Internet Safety (Korean)

Library: Korean | Internet Safety (Korean) A computer user's guide to privacy and security.

This publication outlines ways that you can protect yourself and your computer when you use the Internet and email.

Filed Under: Fraud/Scams Internet Privacy Rights on Sep 22, 2009

 
Staying on Track With Credit (Korean)

Library: Korean | Staying on Track With Credit (Korean) How to use credit wisely.

Credit can be a valuable financial tool for consumers who understand its costs and benefits and how to use it wisely. This brochure defines open-ended, or revolving, credit, including credit cards, home equity lines of credit and overdraft lines of credit, and discusses the pros and cons of using credit. It includes tips on high-cost credit to avoid.

Filed Under: Credit Credit Reports/Scores Credit Scores Money Management on Jul 10, 2009

 
Recognizing Credit Card Fraud (Korean)

Library: Korean | Recognizing Credit Card Fraud (Korean) .

Credit card fraud happens when consumers give their credit card number to unfamiliar individuals, when cards are lost or stolen, when mail is diverted from the intended recipient and taken by criminals, or when employees of a business copy the card or card numbers of a cardholder. This new Consumer Action publication explains how to recognize and avoid many forms of fraud that involve credit cards, such as skimming, phishing, ID theft and counterfeit cards.

Filed Under: Credit Credit Cards Fraud/Scams on Jul 08, 2009

 
Saving Your Home from Foreclosure  (2009) (Korean)

Library: Korean | Saving Your Home from Foreclosure (2009) (Korean) .

Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.

Filed Under: Foreclosure Housing Home Financing Mortgages on May 20, 2009

 
Leave me alone (Korean) (2008)

Library: Korean | Leave me alone (Korean) (2008) Your privacy online—and offline.

Leave Me Alone! Your Privacy Online - and Offline explains the concept of personal privacy and why it is important to be careful about who has access to your personal information. Topics covered include privacy in cyberspace, cutting down on unwanted junk mail and spam e-mail from marketers and ‘top ten’ ways to protect your privacy on and off the Internet.

Filed Under: Privacy Rights on Nov 22, 2008

 
Understanding Your Credit Score (Korean)

Library: Korean | Understanding Your Credit Score (Korean) .

Your credit score is a “snapshot” of your credit history that is used by lenders, insurers and others to assess your creditworthiness and the likelihood that you will pay your bills and repay outstanding loans. This publication explains how to learn your score, how to interpret it and how to maintain or improve it.

Filed Under: Credit Credit Reports/Scores on Mar 24, 2008

 
You Make the Call (Korean)

Library: Korean | You Make the Call (Korean) Selecting the right Phone Services for You.

There are a variety of phones, communications methods, calling plans and carriers. This publication is designed to help you choose the equipment and services that best meet your needs.

Filed Under: Telecom Wireless on Dec 05, 2007

 
Protect Your Phone Records (Korean)

Library: Korean | Protect Your Phone Records (Korean) .

Phone records are an important source of private information that someone might try to access without your consent for illegal or harmful purposes. This publication can help you understand who would want to access your phone records, why they might want to do it, how they try to access your private information and what you can do to reduce the chances of becoming a victim.

Filed Under: Fraud/Scams Privacy Rights Telecom Wireless on Jun 28, 2007

 
California Car Buyer’s Bill of Rights (Korean)

Library: Korean | California Car Buyer’s Bill of Rights (Korean) .

California car buyers have important new rights beginning July 1, 2006. The Car Buyer’s Bill of Rights will change the way millions of cars are bought and sold in California.

Filed Under: Auto Lending/Insurance Credit Credit Reports/Scores Credit Scores on Mar 08, 2007

 

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