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What To Know About Privacy Data

Identity IQ

Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Identity theft also affects around 1.4 Staying safe on the internet means knowing what privacy data is and how to help protect your personal information.

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How Can I Protect My Personal Information After a Data Breach?

Identity IQ

On average there are three data breaches a day, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. If you’ve been notified you have been compromised in a data breach or suspect your personal information has been exposed, here are some concrete steps you can take to help protect your critical data.

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What Do You Need to Do When Your Employer Gets Hacked?

Identity IQ

The risk of identity theft is a concept that most of us are probably familiar with given the rise of cybercrime and data breaches. Yet a new report by Identity Theft Resource Center and DIG. Data Breaches Can Expose Employee and Consumer Information . Use Identity Theft Protection and Credit Monitoring.

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Using social media as a tool to share knowledge on day-to-day Cybersecurity risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2022 Consumer Impact Report revealed that social media account takeovers have grown by 1,000% in one year. People use online services all the time, and not everyone is up to date with the latest ways to catch phishing scams or create safe passwords.

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Digital Identity Firms Being Bolstered by Investments

Security Boulevard

Investment money is flowing into a fast-growing digital identity solutions market that is being fueled by the ongoing increase in data breaches launched via identity scams, a government focus on the issue, and the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Episode 212: China’s Stolen Data Economy (And Why We Should Care)

The Security Ledger

These days, news that companies like Facebook or LinkedIn exposed data on hundreds of millions of users barely registered a collective shrug. . That way you can have a better chance that whatever scam you’re trying to run has success.” Waiting for Federal Data Privacy Reform? A Stolen Data Ecosystem Grows In China.

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LinkedIn Hack is Scraped Data, Company Claims

eSecurity Planet

PrivacySharks’ Madeleine Hodson , the first to report the new leak, noted that while it appears simply to be a “cumulation of data from previous leaks,” that data could still include private as well as public information.

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