Privacy
Enhance Your Security by Checking Your Browser Settings
Many of us use a web browser multiple times a day. Yet, we may not be taking advantage of the features and settings that can enhance our privacy and s…
Getting a Lot of Personalized Ads?
Your behavior online determines the type of ads you get, a lot of the time. See what's happening and control the ads you see.
Google Adding More Choices for Managing Your Data
Google has begun rolling out two new choices for managing your data. You will now be able to choose to have your location history and web/app activity…
Google's New Privacy Policy; You May Want to Become Invisible
With Google's new privacy policy in place (June 2016), the company will now combine their huge database of web browser data (your Google searches) wit…
Hacked on Social Media?
Are you unknowingly bombarding friends with random tweets with dark links? Sharing pictures and clickbait links on Instagram without your knowledge? I…
Have You Checked Your Privacy Settings Recently?
Are you concerned about protecting your privacy online? If so, when was the last time you checked the privacy settings for each app, website, and devi…
Heard About the LinkedIn Breach? Here's What You Need to Do
A data breach at LinkedIn has recently been in the news. What makes this news different is that the breach originally occurred in 2012. It's back in t…
Help Protect Your Identity With a Free Credit Report Freeze
Consumers no longer have to pay to use an important tool to help protect their identity. As of September 21, 2018, freezing your credit report at the …
How Safe Are Your "Smart" Appliances?
All your smart appliances connected to the internet may be at risk of hacking, viruses or malware. Help reduce your potential risks with the tips in…
How Secret Surveillance Scores Are Impacting Your Life
You have probably heard about Secret Surveillance Scores, right? Or you may have even seen our video on it (if not, watch it here now).
How-Many-Factor-Authentication?
How many online accounts do you have? Are they safe from hackers and scammers? If so, that means you've probably been careful, or at least lucky.
The…
Identity Theft
And yet another article on identity theft... Boring! But is it? Did you know young people are big targets? Here's a quick head's up.
Identity Thieves May Have Stolen Tax Info through FAFSA Tool
A rite of going to college is filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. Anyone who has filled out the FAFSA knows how com…
Improve Your Web Browsing with These Tips
The Internet can be wonderful with lots of information and entertainment at your fingertips. But users can be annoyed or frustrated by items on web si…
Is Your Data Safer One Year After the Equifax Breach?
On September 7, 2017 Equifax announced that the data of 143 million U.S. consumers that it had collected had been beached. The number impacted was lat…
Is Your Phone Being Stalked?
Has your phone been hacked? Is anyone reading your WhatsApp messages? Are you being spied on even as you read this?
Just the idea of being spied on o…
It's More Than Facebook! Protect Your Data with These Tips
Your data is a hot commodity. It's not just Facebook that is collecting your data. Many other sites, companies, and advertisers do, too. Whether it's …
It's Time to Review Your Facebook Privacy Settings
How often do you check your Facebook privacy and security settings? With the recent revelation that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica acquired p…
It's Time to Up Your Personal Privacy Game
Are you concerned about your online and offline privacy? Some people aren't concerned because they think they have nothing to hide or that all of thei…
Make Activity Tracker Tricksters Sweat It Out
Activity trackers aren't new. Exercise enthusiasts have been using them for decades. But the way scammers now use them to shimmy their way into the li…
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