What Agency Do You Trust the Most?
The public again ranked the U.S. Postal Service as the most trusted agency in protecting personal information, according to a <a href=http://www.ponemon.org/news-2/32>study released by the Ponemon Institute</a> this month. The postal service held that honor in 2009 as well. The Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service came in No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, followed by the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Affairs Department.
The public again ranked the U.S. Postal Service as the most trusted agency in protecting personal information, according to a study released by the Ponemon Institute this month. The postal service held that honor in 2009 as well. The Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service came in No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, followed by the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Affairs Department.
At the bottom of the list: Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the National Security Agency.
The Ponemon Institute noted that the Census Bureau experienced the largest drop on the list, seeing its Privacy Trust Score fall 39 percent and dropping out of the top five. Larry Ponemon, president of the institute, attributed the drop to the controversy over the long form.
But maybe pronouncements from some members of Congress such as Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., didn't help either, including last year.