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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW). Document disposal Shred sensitive documents.

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Your location or browsing habits could lead to price increases when buying online

Malwarebytes

But, needless to say, surveillance pricing can have serious consequences, not only for our privacy, but also for fair competition and for consumer protection. Probably the most shocking thing is the type of information that could be involved. It’s a no brainer that we should all be sharing as little as possible.

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Meta Given Deadline to Address E.U. Concerns Over 'Pay or Consent' Model

The Hacker News

The European Commission said the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network has notified the social media giant of the model adopted on Facebook and Instagram of potentially violating

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8 Ways to Protect Yourself against Scams on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Adam Levin

If you’re planning to skip in-store holiday shopping, or if your state is already in lockdown, it’s important to be on the lookout for the online scams that will undoubtedly show up in people’s email, texts and social media feeds. Credit cards come with consumer protections that limit your liability if your card information is stolen.

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Watch out for Omicron COVID-19-themed phishing messages!

Security Affairs

ukhsa advise of a #SCAM doing the rounds on social media purporting to offer #Omicron #PCRs #tscovid19 This has been reported & will be taken down but it is likely there will be more instances before it is removed, & there are reports of people querying it at test sites.

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FCC Enacts Rules Against SIM Swapping to Protect Mobile Phone Users

SecureWorld News

These fraudulent activities not only compromise wireless account access but also pose significant risks to financial accounts, social media profiles, and other online services utilizing phone numbers for multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Apple issued a partial fix for recent FaceTime spying bug

Security Affairs

This bug is making the rounds on social media , and as 9to5Mac points out, there are major privacy concerns involved. We need a full accounting of the facts to confirm businesses are abiding by New York consumer protection laws and to help make sure this type of privacy breach does not happen again.”.