Electronic Privacy Articles

Not Bank’s Fault Hackers Stole $300K From Account

This is really not new news, this has happened many times before and we first reported on a situation with one of our clients (before they became our client ) and how their business account was hacked and money transferred to the islands. The FBI and Bank could do nothing for them. (Total of $60,000 lost non recoverable!, Not to mention the sleepless nights.)

On to the story of how it is happening today and why all of your computers should be secured and best practices used in computing as well as how to secure your accounts by limiting your funds in different accounts and in some cases with different banks.

Read full story and don’t hesitate to contact us for help!

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Concerns grow over cellphone security – USA Today

Have you ever wondered what would happen if someone was able to plant a virus or hack into your cellphone? With most of us now carrying a great deal of information on our cellphones from contacts, and business emails, and even banking applications, it should be a very high concern.

Have a look at some of the thoughts of experts on this USA Today article.

http://fluentnews.com/s/26080768

And keep in mind that the new smart-phones are exactly like our desktop and laptop computers nowadays, and require the same care with information.

Are you one of our clients and have additional questions, please contact us and we can help to provide the information and tools necessary to keep you and your business safe.

JND Consulting Group — 561-705-2905

Eliminate private documents permanently from your hard drive.

Working in the finiancial and home health care industry, we are obligated to keep best practices when it comes to protecting data.

So as you would expect we get a number of requests to migrate data or upgrade machines. This leaves the task that most individuals neglect to take care of, which is making sure the data on the old hard drive is unrecoverable to prying eyes.

Many people think that clearing their history, deleting files and cookies, and emptying their computer’s recycle bin is enough. This is not so, the files still remain on the hard drive recovarable by individuals with tools to get access to them.

The hard drive is like a book and when you use the delete key, it just clears the table of contents of the book. In order to makes sute that the hard drive is cleared thourougly, special wiping tools are used to write information over top of the old data thus clearing it out.

Now this is 99% thourough as if the CIA is after your data, then you still may have a problem.

If you are needing this type of support, contact us to help protect your data.

561-705-2905

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Privacy Controversies – Be Aware of these new trends!

With all the great new technology out there and the new world of Social Networking with the likes of Facebook, MySpace, Google etc… , we should all really be a little concerned and vocal about a basic right of privacy.

Here are some of the latest articles that catch our attention. Please, Please, Please be aware of these new privacy trends.

Consumer Watchdog takes its crusade against Google to new heights. (Blasts Eric Schmidt on privacy issues and calls for a Do Not track List)

Cleveland rolls out carts with chip technology that identifies those who do not recycle enough and will give a fine.

 Facebook’s new Places location services has privacy features that help you control whether–and which–people can see where you are. Here’s a hands-on guide to ensuring your privacy.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly has predicted that teenagers one day will be able to automatically change their names to distance themselves from their Google past. But what strategy should you take to create a new name?

Google will have to head to court to explain the company’s collection of data on people’s Wi-Fi networks and transmissions during its Street View surveys.

 With the controversy over Internet privacy growing, more businesses are seeking to ease user concerns by offering new tools that enable anonymous searches and Web surfing.

Google Street View Privacy Touches Congress…

Is the flying drone, Googles next privacy Controversy?

Google has refused to rule out extending controversial facial recognition technology, despite being hit by a storm of complaints over privacy.

EPIC to Urge Congress to Strengthen Privacy Laws for Facebook Users

Following EPIC FOIA Lawsuit, US Senators Raise Questions About Retention of Body Scanner Images

FBI’s push to clarify electronic authority raises privacy concerns