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Capital One announced recently that a hacker had accessed the personal information of 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million in Canada that had applied for credit with the Virginia-based bank. The affected information includes credit scores,…
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Category: Financial, Personal, Prevention, Risk Management
Tags: credit card, credit freeze, credit report, cyber security, data breach, hacker, identity fraud, identity theft, identity theft insurance, Internet, passwords, personal information, protection
You may have heard the term “The Internet of Things”, one of the growing buzz-words in an industry chock full of them. But what does it really mean, and how might it impact you? To provide some potential answers, let’s…
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I became interested in health and wellness at a very young age, in part because of my own health struggles, but mostly because my mother is an alternative health fanatic. She is our family doctor for all intents and purposes, and under…
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Category: Central, Personal, Social Media, Technology
Tags: addiction, computer use, health and wellness, Internet, Internet abuse, lack of sleep, video game, video games, video gaming, video gaming abuse, withdrawal
Many of you may remember the V-8 juice commercial where someone forgets their daily dose of tomato-flavored goodness, proceeds to initiate the face palm, and exclaims, “Wow, I could have had a V-8!” We have all done this at some…
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Loss Control, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: cyberattack, cybercrime, cyberpredator, data breach, Internet, personal information, personal lives, private information, sensitive data, social media, virus software
If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably heard a lot about the debate over net neutrality and the ongoing dispute between billion dollar companies over the Internet. Most people, however, probably don’t understand what the dispute is really…
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Category: Central, Communication, Technology
Tags: Cogent, Comcast, content providers, Hulu, Internet, Internet providers, Level 3 Communications, net neutrality, Netflix, network connections, online content services, streaming online services, Time Warner, Verizon
Thanksgiving week! It’s always been one of my favorite holidays. Family, food, and spending time reflecting on the things you’re thankful for. I thought it would be fun to reflect on how I’m thankful for technology and how it has,…
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In 1998, I opened my first e-mail account. It was exciting! I subscribed to daily newsletters, e-mailed friends in high school, and shared any e-mail that was remotely interesting. I’m scared to think of the total number of hours I…
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