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Data Privacy Day: Securing your data with a password manager

IT Security Guru

Each year, the day provides an opportunity to educate consumers and organisations alike on the importance of privacy and staying safe online. So, how can consumers protect themselves? Improving your password habits: Do not use any combination of characters that is easy to guess. What is a password manager?

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FTC issues cybersecurity warning to Chegg

CyberSecurity Insiders

This includes social security numbers, email addresses and passwords to access the services on the application. Samuel Levine, the Director of FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, acknowledged the news as true and clarified that after a 6 months period, the data watchdog will again review the security practices and then act aggressively.

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IdentityIQ Releases Report on Newest Scams to Target Your Identity

Identity IQ

Scammers are also taking advantage of peer-to-peer payment platforms lack of protection, convenience and limited refund policies to steal from victims as part of Cash App, Zelle and Venmo scams. “We As new trends emerge, we will continue to help consumers protect themselves and their families.” The company features 100% U.S.-based

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SiteLock’s Top Five Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020

SiteLock

The CCPA aims to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for California residents or any other organization that does business with California. Given the focus on protecting consumer privacy, the CCPA regulations will inevitably set the bar for an increase in cybersecurity policies.

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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

SiteLock

My wife and I both received notices informing us our “name, Social Security number, address, date and place of birth, residency, educational, and employment history, personal foreign travel history, information about immediate family as well as business and personal acquaintances” may have been included in the breach.