Tag Archive for ‘protect your privacy’
Mobile Privacy: What Your Apps Know About You
Smartphone users collect apps, especially the free ones. But, unfortunately, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Smartphone apps collect data about you as you use them, and many deliver this data not only to the app owner but to third parties as well. An investigative report by the Wall Street Journal found that [...]
Protect Your Privacy By Changing Privacy Settings on WordPress
WordPress blog visibility settings offer three levels of privacy for your blog. The default setting allows everyone, including search engines, to access your blog. The second, more limited setting, blocks search engines from crawling your blog, and requires users to input your URL directly. If you’d like to make your WordPress blog completely private, the [...]
Personal Information Privacy: What Does the Government Know About You?
Surveys report that the average American is worried about personal information privacy. For good reason, too – newly declassified files detail massive FBI efforts at data-mining. Carl Caldwell, the president of Right-to-Know, released the following statement: “FBI files can begin with records as simple as bankruptcy, Veteran Administration activities, income tax difficulties, and passport and [...]
Privacy, TV Ads, and Who’s Tracking Your Personally Identifying Information
With technology advancing every day, there are a number of changes taking place regarding your privacy. One of the biggest changes is coming from satellite and cable television providers. Plans are underway to allow television providers to “personalize” viewers’ advertisements and commercials by gathering personal information about them. This type of personalized advertising would require [...]
Personal Information Privacy During Tax Time
Tax time, when important financial documents come out of locked filing cabinets and are dropped in mailboxes across America, is prime dumpster diving season for identity thieves. Taking precautions to protect your finances from fraud is as simple as minding the following guidelines: E-file. When you file your taxes electronically, there is no paper tax [...]
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