16 Quotes by Susanna Montezemolo

We tell people all the time that they shouldn't carry their Social Security number in their wallet, ... Their response is, 'Well, it's on my Medicare card.'

Congress has a real opportunity here to take the lead, but they've been making mistakes. This turns the clock back on existing consumer laws and offers no new protections.

Despite the food industry's rhetoric, this bill is a sweeping rollback of decades of state action to protect consumers. It would reduce food safety protections to the lowest common denominator and make states jump through expensive bureaucratic hoops to enact future food safety protections.

This bill ensures that consumers know when their personal information has been lost or stolen, so they can then take reasonable steps to prevent becoming victims of identity theft. Such steps include monitoring their credit files more closely, placing an initial fraud alert on their credit file, and placing a security freeze on their credit file if they live in a state that allows it.

Consumers should be sure to order their free credit reports through the centralized channels created by the new law or they may end up getting duped into paying for extra services, ... If consumers run into trouble getting their reports at no charge or have other problems, they should call the FTC's toll-free number -- 1-877-FTC-HELP -- for assistance.

In this information age, where practically every day we hear about companies that put Americans at risk for identity theft and fraud because of lax security practices, we desperately need these new tools to protect our personal information.

All the data security scandals this year have underscored how important it is for consumers to monitor their credit reports regularly to detect possible identity theft,