Consumer Privacy"The right to be left alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom."("Privacy Quotes and Quotations") The right to privacy and privacy protection from the government becoming a Big Brother-type figure is a right greatly underestimated by the American people. However, as a consumer, the right to information privacy and protection from outside sources is not used to its full potential and as a result, consumers are violated by companies and take no action. “Consumers…have been so dejected by diminished expectations that they rarely bother to raise an uproar.” (Frank Bruni and Elinor Burkett) Most citizens may believe that they are lost and powerless in the face of corporate abuse, which is simply not the case. “The power is in our hands as consumers to change what is acceptable for a retailer, service technician or manufacturer to do to us” (Elinor Burkett). Consumers have many ways to prevent businesses and government from infringing on their rights and violating their right to privacy. In addition to consumers protecting their rights through existing means, many actions and programs should be implemented to help consumers. Despite the fact that companies claim that consumers can intentionally or unintentionally scam their companies, the federal government should protect consumers and allow them to maintain their privacy by enacting new laws and programs to be introduced by Congress, recognizing and taking action on old legislation. and programs, allowing consumers to be informed of their rights, allowing the public to use existing laws, and allowing consumers to take legal action to preserve their right to privacy. Many companies argue that even though consumers have been violated by companies, companies have also been violated by consumers and that the right to privacy is nonexistent. Glenn Suden, president of the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business, said, “We want more businesses to make consumer relationships a priority. We are seeing consumers being more aggressive in their demands for their rights. » also indicates that the consumer engaged in a commercial relationship is healthy until he starts committing scams. For example, businesses have been breached by consumers in cases such as when women wore dresses one night and then returned them the next day and in larger, more difficult issues such as filing a false insurance claim. 'insurance..