Are you worried about your childrens’ privacy while online? New law requires sites and apps to seek parental permission before requesting info

If you are like most parents these days, you either have a computer at home, mobile phone, or a tablet that you let your children use and play around with.  You might even let them download apps that they can use when you let them! However, how many of you are aware of the type [...]

Are your online passwords on this year’s list of Worst Passwords?

The more we all continue to do more and more of our personal, social, financial, etc transactions online, the more passwords we have to make up and remember! Some of us use the same passwords for all of our online accounts, others use variations of the same password, or come up with completely different passwords [...]

Protect Your Identity When Using Mobile Devices

If you are like one of the millions of smartphones users in the world, then pay close attention. Its hard to deny that smartphones provide both great convenience and leisure.  But lurking right around the corner is the unfortunate reality that identity thieves are increasingly finding ways to access your personal data through smartphones.  A [...]

National Protect Your Identity Week: Make sure to talk to common targets: seniors, children, and teens about ID Theft

This week is National Protect Your Identity Week (October 20-27th). Identity theft is happening all around you and it’s important to learn how to protect yourself and your family. For example, don’t carry you Social Security card in your wallet, never write down crucial PIN numbers, and shred documents that have information that needs to [...]

New NYS Law Signed to Protect Your Kids from Bullying – Including Cyberbullying

If you are a parent you may have already heard complaints from your kids’ about bullying. A recent report found that in 2010, nearly 18% of students said they had been bullied on school property. In addition, 16% said they had been the target of cyberbullying through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, Web sites or [...]

NYCers Protect Your Identity! Attend Shred Fest 2012 May 14th

What is Shred Fest 2012 you may ask? Shred Fest is a free annual City event to help New Yorkers prevent identity theft. At Shred Fest you can: Click here to view the list of Shred Fest locations and download the flyer which is in English and Spanish. Shred papers containing your personal information safely [...]

Are you getting more Spam emails? Learn some easy tips to protect yourself

Spam traffic keeps going up—in fact, according to some computer security experts, it’s about double what it was a year ago. To make matters more serious, these days most spam emails come with malicious attachments.  It’s important to not download or open any attachment if you are not SURE who it’s coming from. Cybercriminals are [...]