How long does data remain on the Internet? The answers, and what you can do about it, may surprise you. How Long Is Personal Data Stored Online How long does personal information stay on the Internet, how long can digital data last? These questions get asked everyday by individuals, businesses and organizations. The simple answer
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Why do companies collect data and store our personal data? Because big data is money, why else? Read on to know learn more about data mining business and big data. Why Do Websites Collect Data And Store User Data? In the old days, at the dawn of computing, computers had very little ability to recognize
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The increase in data leaks in the past year or so is obviously alarming, but what is more worrying is that it is not always obvious it has happened. There are millions of victims who might not even know that it has happened to them, as many do not use VPN identity protection. When your
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Over 3.3million users have been compromised as a hugely popular online community for Hello Kitty has been breached. The data leak was spotted and reported by a security researcher Chris Vickery at the weekend. Parents warned as online Hello Kitty user accounts breached, including both first and last names, email addresses, genders, country of origins and other
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Two Americans and two Israelis have been charged over what is believed to be one of the largest cyber attacks in the United States, affecting over 100 million customers. As the US charges four men over one of largest hacks in history. The four men were behind an elaborate scheme that was the largest theft of personal
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With so much news lately involving online fraud, identity theft, data breaches and hacking, there has never been a better time to improve your security online. With so much of our data floating around the internet, you can never really be sure on how safe it is, but there are numerous ways you can protect
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After the first attack back in December of last year when over 2.4million customers were accessed by a third party, compromising customer’s accounts, which included both internet and phone contract customers. It was later found out that a contractor, who had legitimate access to customer data, was behind the data breach. Another attack took place in
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In a bad week for personal data and privacy, two separate organisations slip up and accidentally release sensitive information over email. A double data breach risks personal data of thousands as a health clinic in London and retailer WHSmith are both left red-faced as private data is sent out in emails. The 56 Dean Street Clinic,
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Yet another cyber attack has affected millions of people, this time the customer’s of Carphone Warehouse, one of the UK’s largest high store chain. After the attack which left millions of customer unable to access their online banking accounts in last week’s RBS heck, yet another attack has this time affected millions of customer’s details accessed
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After the breach of security at many high-profile companies, including Sony Pictures and more recently Anthem, the health insurance company that had over 80 million customer details leaked in an attack last week. This attack is just the latest in a line of breaches that have cost companies millions as well as putting even more people’s
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