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2023

February

21
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  • Americans flunked this online privacy test. Many people in the United States would like to control the information that companies can learn about them online. Yet when presented with a series of true-or-false questions about how digital devices and services track

January

18
05
  • A breach at LastPass has password lessons for us all. LastPass, the maker of a popular security program for managing digital passwords, published details about a recent security breach in which cybercriminals had obtained copies of customers’ password vaults, potentially exposing millions of people

2022

December

19

October

24

August

  • Beware of fake warnings in text messages. Scammers pose as a bank or pretend to be from Amazon and send a fake text about suspicious activity on your account or a delayed package only to get you upset. The knee
18

July

26
  • LinkedIn privacy settings you should change now. LinkedIn has dozens of data, privacy and advertising settings you can control.  If you do only one thing make yourself anonymous while looking at other people’s profiles By default, every time you
07
  • Apple unveils new security feature to block spyware. Apple said that it will introduce an innovative security feature “Lockdown Mode” to give potential targets of government hacking an easy way to make their iPhones safer. Once engaged, Lockdown Mode will block
04

June

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  • Doctor check-in software harvests your health data. There’s a burgeoning business in harvesting our patient data to target us with ultra-personalized ads. Patients who think medical information should come from a doctor — rather than a pharmaceutical marketing department —
02

May

26
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  • Consumer Action INSIDER - May 2022. This month's INSIDER features stories about our recent activities, including a webinar exploring the impact of COVID on small businesses and a project using FinTech to improve financial wellness. Hotline Chronicles relates a woman's difficulty in receiving her income tax refund after attempting to have it sent to a prepaid card. And, we announce new settlements in our Class Action Database.
 

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