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Banking; scams: When cyber thieves use PayPal as portal to bank account
Posted on December 3rd, 2010 No commentsA Valencia woman’s checking account has been drained four times over the last two years by scammers who have fraudulently linked it to online PayPal accounts… Mills’ troubles highlight the ease with which con artists can access people’s money using digital-age financial services like PayPal, which is owned by auction giant EBay and is used to facilitate online payments.
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Market for CMIOs surges
Posted on October 19th, 2009 No commentsThe demand for chief medical information officers is expanding rapidly, according to a national executive search firm.
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SA Recycling Celebrates Injury-Free Year
Posted on October 13th, 2009 No commentsCompany’s Port of Long Beach, Calif., facility remains accident free after logging more than 163,000 man-hours in the last 365 days.
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Schumer says national standards needed to fight identity theft
Posted on September 17th, 2009 No commentsIn the wake of the discovery of the largest identity theft scheme in history today U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that identity thefts across Upstate New York have risen by almost 25% in the last year alone.
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High fines for data security lapses
Posted on August 25th, 2009 No commentsIn the last two weeks, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) fined three HSBC firms over £3 million for not having adequate systems and controls in place to protect their customers’ confidential details from being lost or stolen.
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Study: Paperwork deters Americans from visiting their doctor
Posted on August 17th, 2009 No commentsA new IBM study reveals that one in four Americans have not scheduled a “wellness” visit within the last year – due, in part, to paperwork. Of those who have not had a wellness visit within the last five years, 33 percent say they waste time at the doctor’s office filling out repetitive paperwork. Comparatively, 17 percent of those who have had a wellness visit in the last year also cite paperwork as a problem.
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Security freezes could be free in NC bill
Posted on July 17th, 2009 No commentsConsumers could soon be able to place a security freeze on their credit reports for free in legislation awaiting Gov. Beverly Perdue’s signature. The Senate gave final legislative approval Thursday to expand the state’s 2005 anti-identity theft protection law.
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One in five victims of cybercrime
Posted on July 17th, 2009 No commentsNew research has found that one in five online consumers in the US have been victims of cybercrime in the last two years.
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Congressional Committee Revives Data Security Legislation
Posted on May 19th, 2009 No commentsA House committee has revived data security legislation that has languished for the last several years. The legislation could provide some useful safeguards for the privacy and security of consumer data, but the incremental nature of the potential gains highlights the need for general baseline privacy legislation.
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