Feds Want Simpler Privacy Notices

In an attempt to make the privacy notices of banks and other financial institutions easier to read, Federal regulators are attempting to overhaul the requirements that govern these notices. All this according to an article in Computer World. From the article — Federal regulators today released a prototype privacy notice designed to make it easier […]

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LA County Issues ID Theft Warning to 94,000

CBS News is reporting that LA County has sent out a warning to 94,000 residents about possible identity theft after documents containing their confidential information were publicly exposed in January. From the article — The documents were left next to a recycling bin in a parking garage outside a Department of Public Social Services office […]

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Advanced Googling For Passwords

Scott Granneman at SecurityFocus.com discusses some advanced Google search features that may allow hackers and other malicious web users to find sensitive web site and intranet weaknesses and access user logon id’s and passwords. Some of the advanced Google search features discussed in the article can also make the average user better at using the […]

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SMS Text Messaging For Bullies

Here’s a sign of our techie times. According to a recent article on VnuNet.com, the traditional playground bully is increasingly using SMS text messaging as a high tech way to harrass their targets via computer, cell phone or wireless mobile device. From the article — Text messaging and email are increasingly being used to bully […]

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