Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● October 4, 2011
In an apparent effort to bring child privacy protections up-to-date and in line with changes in technology, the Federal Trade Commission recently published a list of proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, known as COPPA. COPPA was originally created back in 2000 to give parents greater control over what personal information websites [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● November 29, 2010
Today is Cyber Monday, the online version of Black Friday where vendors are marking down inventory and offering great holiday gifts at fantastic discounts. A full listing of today’s online deals can be found at CyberMonday.com; but if you are prowling the Internet for incredible deals, you might come across offers not covered on Cyber [...]
The IDGuardian Podcast: REPLAY — Why Black Friday Could Be a Red Carpet for Scammers [ 7:55 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadPosted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 26, 2010
The Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego recently announced the findings of a study it conducted into how worried consumers are about the security of online transactions. Here are some of their findings: 87% of respondents expressed significant concern about having their credit card information stolen or having merchants lose personal and financial information [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 17, 2010
Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, a nationally recognized [...]