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• in Technorati Women
  Baiting Identity Thieves: Why Foster Kids Are More Susceptible to Stolen Identities
  Foster youth are particularly vulnerable to identity theft because of the transient nature of their lives, with their Social Security numbers and other personal information becoming tempting bait to identity thieves.
  by elainewifi / on Sep 15, 2011
• in IT
  Sony Stored Identities Unencrypted
  Sony admitted that some of PSN data was not encrypted.
  by thetechpressorg / on Apr 30, 2011
• in Technology
  Need Cash? Pimp Your Virtual Self
  New service from start-up Statz lets users sell their personal data.
  by psogge / on Aug 25, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “personal information”

 

• Tablet Encryption: Motorola Sells Used Xooms With User Data Unwiped

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 108
  The WSJ reports that Motorola was caught selling pre-owned (technically, refurbished) Xoom tablets with the prior owners data on it.  Ive often noted that the use of data encryption   like AlertBoot is a precautionary measure because you never know what might happen .  This is not quite what I had in mind. ...
  5 days ago

• Oops! Motorola sold refurbished Xooms without deleting previous owners data

  
  Engadget — Authority: 835
  Usually, when passwords and personal information are exposed, its because someone hacked a companys not-so-secure system. Motorola, however, managed to put peoples info at risk without such malfeasance when it failed to wipe the memory of a batch of refurbished Xooms . The tablets in question were sold by ...
  5 days ago

• Swift To-Do List Review by Darryl Benjamin

  
  Dextronet on Productivity and Being Organized — Authority: 85
  Swift To-Do List Review by Darryl Benjamin from the Dextronet Blog : . One of our customers, Darryl Benjamin (former writer for Technique magazine), has just sent us his review of Swift To-Do List for us to share with others. His review includes some very interesting remarks and also shows how Darryl ...
  6 days ago

• Uninterruptible power supplies and cybersecurity

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  January/February 2012 Automation IT fast Forward Allowing the violation of a corporation’s data is unacceptable, but what if the hacker gains access to a corporate Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA)? every network connected device in a data or SCADA network is a potential backdoor into the ...
  6 days ago

• EU regulators ask Google to pause its privacy changes, need more time to investigate

  
  Engadget — Authority: 835
  Google has gone to great lengths to clarify its revamped privacy policy , but a regulatory body in the European Union thinks the company is moving a little too fast. Today, European regulators formally requested that Google "pause" its rollout, in order to give the EU more time to investigate its forthcoming ...
  6 days ago

• Smartphone Security: 5 Rules Keeping your personal information safe

  
  Laptop Akku Blog, Akku Knowledge Base by akkuschnell.de — Authority: 453
  Keep Smartphone Security post by top-shoppingmall.com Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – You call it a smartphone. A hacker calls it a computer, or an opportunity to steal your personal information. For many people, a smartphone is a must-have, whether it’s an iPhone , a BlackBerry , or an Android phone . With a ...
  6 days ago

• Drive Encryption Software: Two Laptops Stolen From Oldendorf Medical Services

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 108
  Oldendorf Medical Services, in Albany, New York, has announced data breach.  According to a short piece at timesunion.com , two laptops were stolen during a break-in on January 18.  The laptops contained "minimal clinical information."  Whether this information was protected with hard disk encryption was not ...
  6 days ago

• How to Protect Your Personal Information on Mobile Devices

  
  Tips and Tricks — Authority: 111
  Remember the days when a cell phone simply had your telephone contact list and no other crucial information? Currently, it seems that everyone’s mobile phone has almost all of their personal information, from checking accounts to password reminders, placed squarely in a tiny electronic memory. But, similar to losing ...
  1 week ago

• Cost Of Data Breach: Stratfor Sued For $50 Million

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 108
  It looks like I wont be stopping coverage of Stratfor any time soon.  According to statesman.com , Stratfor -- the international geopolitical analysis company that was hacked by Anonymous about one month ago -- has been presented with a lawsuit for more than $50 million.  This is independent of whatever fines ...
  1 week ago

• Personal: Get a bank’s security for your personal information

  
  StartupTunes — Authority: 120
  Personal Personal is a personal and private network where you can control on your personal information, which people can see it and how you want to share it. Everything about you is not social, and that is why  Personal has created a platform where you can have privacy and safety, and also communicate with ...
  1 week ago

• Hospital Laptop Encryption Software: Lexington Clinic Notifies 1018 Of Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 108
  A laptop computer was stolen from Lexington Clinics Neurology Department, "despite stringent security protocols."  What these protocols refer to is not specified.  However, seeing how Lexington Clinic is "following all requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Health Information ...
  1 week ago

• The Truth About Alarm Systems – What Company to Choose?

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Let’s get down to some basic and real world discussion of the alarm industry. If you are looking to install an alarm system in either your home or business you do have some choices to make that are really important. Who do you want to do business with? do you want to contract with a large national company, a strong ...
  1 week ago

• Identity Theft Crackdown by IRS and Justice Department Targets 105 People in 23 States

  
  ESR Blog The latest on Employment Screening Background Checks — Authority: 107
  As part of a stepped-up effort against tax refund fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Justice Department have announced that a massive nationwide sweep last week targeting 105 people in 23 states to crack down on suspected identity theft perpetrators resulted in 939 criminal charges ...
  1 week ago

• Disk Encryption Software: Regions Financial Corporation USB Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 108
  Current and former employees of Regions Financial Corp are facing a data breach after a USB flashdrive that was mailed went missing.  The USB device was protected with data encryption software .  This is a good thing.  However, the information to decrypt the data was also mailed in the same envelope as the USB ...
  1 week ago

• Pocket Informant HD, version 2.02.41 now available in the iOS App Store

  
  Gadgetell — Authority: 133
  As we had expected to happen , Pocket Informant HD version 2 has been released for the iPad. More specifically, the latest version to come available is 2.02.41. In addition, the app measures in as a 20.4MB file download and will require iOS 4.2 or later for use. Pocket Informant HD will set you back $9.99 if you are ...
  1 week ago

• Building Trust And Confidence With Your Email List By Having A Clear Privacy Policy

  
  Piggy Bank Finances — Authority: 146
  Internet privacy is a major issue today because it is very important that a person’s sensitive information is always protected and kept safe, and that it is not vulnerable to any sort of a security breach. Privacy is especially important when you are dealing with email marketing , because people need to know that ...
  1 week ago

• Between Google and GPS, privacy takes a step backward

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 146
  Score one for privacy rights — at least that’s how it seemed. Earlier this week the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the police must get a warrant to track a person’s car using a GPS device, a step forward in protecting your privacy — and then Google announced changes to its privacy policies that seemed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Consumer Watchdog Calls For President Obama to Endorse “Do Not Track”

  
  Toonari Post - A News Mash Up! — Authority: 138
  Consumer Watchdog called on President Obama to use the State of the Union message to endorse baseline privacy legislation and support “Do Not Track” regulations that would give consumers control of whether their information is gathered while they use the Internet. “You recently expressed your commitment to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Trade it for a Reward or Send it to Davy Jones Locker, Your Personal Data is Your Choice

  
  Daily Deal Media - Number One Source for the Daily Deal Industry — Authority: 570
  The next time you get excited about that deal for a discounted meal just when you’ve stopped in the city for a bite to eat, you would probably like to thank your phone for a decent return on investment. You might change your mind though if someone told you that you were being chased albeit silently and invisibly to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Data Security: Why Salting Password Hashes Is Required But Has Limitations

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 108
  The big news in the data security arena this week is, of course, the hack at zappos.com .  Thankfully, data encryption software was used to protect credit card numbers at Zappos, so the fallout from the data breach is curtailed to what is generally considered "less sensitive" data (but, as more and more articles ...
  3 weeks ago

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