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What is data destruction and why is it important?
In order to understand what data destruction is, you must first have a good understanding of data. Data is a collection of facts, such as values, or measurements; data is individual”items of...
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Spring Cleaning – Have You Thought About Your Data Lately?
The weather is getting a little warmer and the sun is shining a bit longer these days. It looks as if spring cleaning may be right around the corner both here in the office and at home. The chief...
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Phishing, Pharming Vishing, and Smishing: What Are They?
Last week you may have read an article detailing phishing. As we become more educated about phishing, a criminal activity in use since 1987, that attempts to fraudulently obtain sensitive...
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PII and SSNs: The importance of keeping your information secure
If you live in Massachusetts, you have probably heard about the Mass Privacy Law, which was established in 2010 as a direct result of the TJX data breach. The law’s intent is to protect Massachusetts...
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Protect Your Kids’ Social Security Numbers: A Guide for Parents
Social Security numbers are some of the most valuable pieces of data to financial fraudsters. Children have become the fastest growing group of identity theft victims due to their immaculate credit...
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Protect Senior Citizens from Online Scams: A Guide for Friends & Family
While young people’s comfort with technology can cause them to let their guard down too easily, senior citizens who are relatively new to technology can often fall for schemes that more savvy Internet...
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Healthcare Security Incidents: A Rising Concern
While the news is filled with security breaches of financial data (e.g., Target, Staples, etc.), it is key to remember that identity theft comes in many forms. We’ve explored several types of identity...
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Create a Routine: The Federal Trade Commission’s Advice on Identity Theft
The Federal Trade Commission recently released a video on Identity Theft. With Tax Identity Theft Week and Data Privacy Month coming up at the end of January, we wanted to share this video with you....
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Tax Identity Theft: An Overview
Last year, I ran into a friend at a local bank. I asked her how she was and her reply surprised me, “Not that great. Someone else filed taxes under my husband’s name.” She then went on to say that...
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Cleaning up unused accounts and passwords
For the last few weeks we’ve been discussing spring cleaning your electronic footprint. We’ve suggested good habits to get into with your digital devices. You can probably sense a key concept in these...
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