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Employers who mandate identity monitoring lower their risks
Employers should make it a mandatory exercise that all employees regularly monitor their identity. Data breaches of the company’s own employees’ personally identifiable information (PII) can be detected if an employee discovers inappropriate activity from their review of credit reports and other free consumer aggregators’ data bases. If they follow a strategy of reviewing their [...]
Read moreFacebook and other “social media” sites do not delete info even if you do
This doesn’t surprise me because in order to remove a file from your own computer you cannot do so with the just the “delete” function. You have to “wipe” it clean. As part of any data security policy all electronic devices containing sensitive information must be “wiped” clean with appropriate utility programs or pulverized if [...]
Read moreAirborne Volcanic Ash Gives ID Thieves Opportunity to “Cash In”
Since the worldwide news about the Icelandic volcano eruption disrupting air travel, tens of thousands of people find themselves stranded overseas. This situation is very unfortunate on its own, but consider the cash door this opens to Identity Thieves. Special Alert! A common identity theft trick is to call or email an ID theft victim’s [...]
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