Videos & Webinars

• Tax Identity Theft: Protecting yourself from fraudsters at tax time
  Consumer Action released a short video on tax-related identity theft featuring presenters from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The video release coincides with the start of the FTC's Identity Theft Awareness Week and lands just in time for tax-filing season.
• Housing insecurity during the pandemic (Webinar)
  Even before the COVID pandemic, millions of Americans faced housing insecurity or instability—especially communities of color. During the pandemic, housing costs skyrocketed, leading to even more housing insecurity, despite COVID-era eviction moratoria that has now ended.
• How Inaccurate Private Data Leads to Loss of SSI Benefits: What advocates should know
  In this webinar, experts discuss how a private database used by the government to verify eligibility for SSI benefits is full of errors and can cause vulnerable beneficiaries to lose their benefits through no fault of their own.
• After a Disaster: ID Theft, Scams and Insurance (Presentation)
  Consumer Action's Linda Williams explains common scams and problems encountered by consumers who have been affected by a disaster.
• Albert host financial technology webinars
  Consumer Action and Albert co-hosted two webinars on March 29 to educate our community partners about the Albert Genius service.
• Webinars teach CBO partners how to help clients deal with debt collectors
  Consumer Action and the Consumer Relations Consortium (CRC) partnered webinars in June
• Consumer Action YouTube Channel
  The Consumer Action YouTube Channel features short educational videos and webinars.
• FTC ‘OnGuard Online’ digital resources
  The FTC's OnGuard Online site offers free videos and other resources you can use to educate people young and old about digital communications.
• Using data effectively to build a ‘Culture of Health’
  Perrott attended a meeting to learn how social media and mobile health technology can be used to improve health outcomes.
• Forced arbitration documentary premieres in San Francisco
  Consumer Action co-hosted "Lost in the Fine Print", a short documentary, on Nov 10, 2014.
• Cell Phones & Digital Communication - Educational Videos
  Common Sense Media has some great videos that speak to teens and young people about digital communication.