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Protecting your Personal Identifiable information (PII)
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With all PII we create and share on the internet, that calls for protecting it. Otherwise, our PII could fall into the hands of a hacker or identity thief and end up getting abused, in potentially painful and costly ways. Here are several things you can do to help ensure that what’s private stays that way: 1) Use a complete security platform that can also protect your privacy Square One is to protect your devices with comprehensive online protection software. This will defend you against the latest virus, malware, spyware, and ransomware attacks plus further protect your privacy and identity. In addition...
Should I accept the new privacy rules from WhatsApp?
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If you are a user of the App ‘Whatsapp’ you may have noticed the reminder about their privacy policy changing. The new policy will require sharing data with their parent company, Facebook, if you don’t, you will have some of the Apps key features restricted. The restrictions won’t apply immediately, according to the App company, they will give their users plenty of time to review the changed policy and decide whether to accept the new conditions. They have stated: “No one will have their accounts deleted or lose functionality of WhatsApp on May 15th because of this update. For the...
Facebook v Apple: What is it all about?
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Apple have recently introduced a new feature to their iPhones and iPads, causing a great disturbance between themselves and Facebook. The new Apple feature allows users to switch off the access to their private data being collected by apps. Facebook are up in arms as they are extremely reliant on the user data for the advertising it generates, this is what makes the company its profits. At the centre of this row is a unique device identifier which is on all iPhones and iPads, called a IDFA (identifier for advertisers) Businesses that sell mobile ads use this IDFA to target...