Archive for ‘PII’

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Apr06

Nobody Else Cares About Protecting Your Personal Information Online

by Terry on April 6th, 2011 at 00:20
Posted In: PII

I, along with many other people, were recently reminded that nobody else cares about your personal information, which is why it’s so important to take every precaution to protect yourself. Companies with whom you have done business (or in some cases, not) are now rushing to disclose that they have had their customer database compromised, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar11

Joost Sells Your Email Address To Spammers?

by Terry on March 11th, 2012 at 23:00
Posted In: PII

I received an email today which was sent to the address I use exclusively for joost.com. The email was purportedly from Adobe, informing me there’s an update to download from a website. Clearly a phishing/malware scam, as you can see (do NOT visit the website!): So I did the usual check to see whether there […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar30

Girls Around Me – Time To Lock Down Your Privacy Settings

by Terry on March 30th, 2012 at 22:34
Posted In: facebook, PII, privacy

Read this article from Cult Of Mac about the Girls Around Me app, then go and check your Facebook and Foursquare privacy settings.

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