How to Remove Your Phone Number from the Internet Most internet users understand that certain information is dangerous to provide online, such as social security or financial account numbers. This information, along with names, addresses, phone numbers, etc., is considered personally identifiable information (PII). In fact, PII is any form of data that leads to…
Why Removing Your Personal Information Online Can Avoid Scammers Online scammers are becoming more numerous and better at what they do each day. There was a time when people were cautioned against providing their bank information or sending any money to an online solicitor. Currently, the methods of these internet predators are far more subtle,…
Online Personal Information and Identity Theft Identity theft remains one of the greatest threats to privacy across the globe. There was a time when the primary risk of compromised personal information resulted from the careless disposal or recycling of sensitive documents retrieved and used nefariously by “dumpster divers.” Currently, it takes more than shredding papers…
Data Breaches in Our Time of Need You’ve most likely applied for financial assistance whether you’re a big company owner or a regular employee. We rely on the government, banks, and other institutions to safely process our information. But what can we do when that information is intercepted or stolen by malicious third-parties? When data…
More Internet Users Online Than Ever The global pandemic has caused the largest spike of internet usage ever You’re probably online right now even though normally you’d be out and about doing whatever it is you usually do. Most of the world is in the same position as you – constantly online, even more so…
Facebook Leaks Personal Information Again, ~300 Million Records Exposed On December 4th, security researcher Bob Diachenko uncovered an online database that held more than 267 million Facebook users’ IDs, phone numbers, and names. As of December 19th, the database is unavailable, but the fact remains that these users’ information was exposed. According to Comparitech, the…
Data Breaches Result in Huge Costs Despite all the advancements in technology, we can’t put an exact number on how many data breaches there have been. Call it an information overload, but there are simply too many records and no one has come up with a method to fully organize and tally up the breaches.…
2019 Comes to a Close If you have been paying attention to the headlines, data breaches make the news one day and then quickly disappear the next day. Tech giants control the online sphere, meaning you won’t really hear about these big privacy leaks unless you look it up or someone tells you about it.…
Data Breaches Increased by Nearly 20 Percent in 2019 Washington State has released a new report on data breaches. The report may not be on a national or international scale, but it provides an interesting bit of data that can give us insight on what’s happening with our personal information. Attorney General Bob Ferguson released…
Do Big Fines Prevent Data Leaks? You’ve seen the big headlines – one company after another leaks personal information and then is fined by the government. But this begs the questions, do the fines and punishments actually result in any improvements? British Airways was hit with a $230 million fine by United Kingdom regulators for…