Is Your Social Media Account A Target For Identity Theft?
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn… these are just a few of the most popular social networking sites. Nowadays, the vast majority of us have at least one social media account, which may be used for anything...
View ArticleOnline Fraud: Protecting Yourself from PayPal Phishing
As the popularity of doing business online grows so, unfortunately, do instances of online fraud. PayPal is widely recognised as a safe way of transferring funds and making payments online, making...
View ArticleWhy is My Credit Score So Important?
The media today is filled with news about your credit score, and how important it is to have good credit. For most people, though, the amount of information about credit scores is overwhelming, and...
View ArticleProtecting Yourself From Personal Identity Theft
The media are filled with reports of people who have been victims of identity theft, where cyber criminals access personal information and use it to acquire credit in the innocent person’s name. This...
View ArticleBusiness Identity Theft – A Devastating Crime
Although there has been much attention from the media about how to protect yourself from personal identity theft, there is less attention paid to business identity theft. However, it is just as much of...
View ArticleHow to Protect Yourself from Online ID Theft
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world, with personal information being used by hackers to access credit and banking information from hundreds of thousands of victims. This is...
View ArticleDon’t be caught out by scammers – beware cloned Government websites
As technology continues to develop at a fantastic rate, more and more services are moving online. While the 24/7 availability of websites means you can fill in that all-important form at a time that...
View ArticleIdentity Fraud – How to Protect Yourself
Identity fraud, where criminals get hold of sensitive information and impersonate an individual, is a serious crime which can have a devastating effect. If a fraudster steals your identity, the first...
View ArticleThe Right To Be Forgotten – Some Information From The First Year
While searching for certain names or events on Google, you may have noticed a line of text on the page of results stating that “some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe”....
View ArticleYou Know About Phishing, But What About Spoofing Or Smishing?
Since the internet and, specifically, online banking became popular, there have been numerous warnings about the risks of phishing, or the use of faked emails to obtain personal information. Most of us...
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