by Melody Valdez | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control, You're Leaving Footprints
The world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Guzman, otherwise known as “El Chapo”, has been hiding from the authorities for months after escaping from a maximum-security prison in July. When his son publishes a picture taken in a restaurant on...
by Itzel Martinez | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work, Sharing Releases Control
Brittany Champagne from Utah is a mother who likes to share photos of her children on Facebook, like many other parents today. But what Brittany never thought to find was images of her children on more than ten porn sites. The images seemed to be taken from her...
by Itzel Martinez | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control, Someone Could Listen
This past year we have heard of multiple hacks on companies where social security numbers and personal data were stolen from employees. But this new hack is not just your standard cyberattack. These hackers found an indirect way to infiltrate the U.S. Office of...
by Itzel Martinez | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Sharing Releases Control, You Can't Escape
In a recent privacy incident at Meritus Hospital, patients’ personal and clinical information was accessed by an employee of a third-party vendor for unknown purposes. This story illustrates that, whatever the reasoning behind a decision to share information, it...
by Itzel Martinez | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control
Have we finally realized that our data is more valuable than a free service? Symantec recently did a report on consumer behavior that showed, for the first time, that customers cared more about personal privacy than the quality of a service. The article linked below...
by Itzel Martinez | Jun 8, 2015 | Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, gave a speech after receiving the Corporate Leadership award at EPIC’s Champions of Freedom event in Washington. (EPIC is the Electronic Privacy Information Center.) Mr. Cook touched upon three important topics relating to privacy,...
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