Archive for: January, 2011
Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 29/01/2011 | 3074 views
The Telegraph reports that UK National Identity Cards containing biometric details, including fingerprints, “were championed by the previous Labour government as a way of preventing terrorism and identity theft.” But the new administration immediately scrapped the initiative, introducing the Identity Documents Bill to Parliament in May,...
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Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 27/01/2011 | 2224 views
Teachers in numerous Massachusetts cities and towns are not allowed to “friend’’ students on Facebook or other social networking sites, and a number of other school districts south of Boston are considering a similar ban.
The Boston Globe reports that many communities are working on policies governing school staff’s use of ...
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Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 22/01/2011 | 1925 views | 1 comment
The AP reports “WikiLeaks’ release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the nation’s biggest companies: You’re next.”
According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Chronology of Data Breaches, more than 500 million sensitive records have been breached in the past five years. The Chr...
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Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 05/01/2011 | 3332 views
Ever apply for insurance of any kind? There is always a litany of paperwork and the process is always frustrating and somewhat demeaning. Insurer’s applications feel invasive and ask questions that require information that you may not even tell your mom.
What’s worse is they have to be given to another person who you often do not know....
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