Today’s marketplace boasts a plethora of technical gadgets. There are palm-size phones, TVs, stereos, computers, medical monitors, etc. You can literally be “in touch” with just about any aspect of your life by a gadget that fits in the palm of your hand.
Convenience, portability, accessibility—-it’s in demand! Sometimes, however, you should be […]
In Orwell’s book 1984, the totalitarian government, referred to as “big brother”, watches the movements and monitors the thoughts of all citizens. While the government may be able to keep up with citizens more easily by monitoring internet activity, frankly, that should be the least of your worries.
With all the reports […]
Marriage began as spiritual union between two people. In today’s world, it is a legal and financial union of both assets and debt. It’s also a merging of credit. People entering a marriage are usually thinking about merging their belongings, family holidays, etc., not their credit reports. Knowing what your partner’s […]
In dealing with the vast number of “customer service” centers of the companies you do business with, you should always double check any information given to you over the phone—-even if it means hanging up and calling the 800 number a second time!!!
Why? It’s simple, many of the people who answer customer service calls […]
Fox News.com offered an article by Marshall Loeb, How To Protect Your Passwords, which provides some very good advice for ensuring hackers and keystroke trackers can’t easily guess your passwords. Loeb’s article reports that God, Love, Sex and Money are the four most common passwords people use making it very easy for identity theives […]
Newsday.com recently reported that 600,000 current and former Times Warner employees, their dependents and beneficiaries, may have their identity compromised as a result of the loss of Time Warner’s computer tapes by a data-storage company. Among those records compromised is a former employee’s 7-year-old daughter.
If that’s not bad enough, a student of City University […]
So far this year we have learned that millions of consumer personal data records have been compromised by numerous large creditors and processing companies. This information has been made available as a result of innovative legislation from several states. So far, however, it hasn’t dampened the increasing numbers of Americans who are victims […]
As a result of recent laws passed by several states, initially California, creditors and processors of consumer data must notify individuals if their data is compromised due to theft, loss or other means. Prior to these laws being passed, consumers were not made aware they may be at risk for identity theft due to […]
Michelle Malkin has posted an extensive article on her blog about the recent “identity theft” of Maryland’s Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. In her article, Ms. Malkin points out the recent activities of Democrats working for Sen. Charles Schumer at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. By inappropriately obtaining Steele’s social security number and […]
In several recent news articles, consumers are expressing concern that access to their personal data, the information that is used to perpetrate identity theft, is often available through local and state government agencies and offices. Personal information such as names, addresses, bank account numbers, mortgage loan numbers and sometimes even social security numbers are […]
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