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With hurricane season upon us and after this week’s devastation and heartache from Hurricane Ian, there will be opportunities to help the victims in many ways, including financial assistance...more
As we enter the holiday shopping season, cyber criminals are sharpening their cyber-scam strategies. We like to remind our readers about the enhanced risk during the holidays. There has been an increase in online shopping...more
In the midst of unending robocalls, news of big tech companies collecting, using and monetizing consumers’ information, hackers and scammers, we forget that anyone is doing anything to protect our privacy....more
The Fed wrapped its January meetings yesterday with the expected news that it would leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged and the less-guaranteed report that it was hitting the pause button on future rate hikes (aka,...more
Many readers know that it would be a cold day in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks (Go Bruins!) that I have in the past or ever in the future will take an online quiz. Why on earth would anyone do that? ...more
Last week, our Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider reached a milestone—we hit our 100th privacy tip! This week, we mark that milestone with a special edition Privacy Tip: the top 10 most-viewed privacy tips. Our readers can...more