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Category: Personal Protection

How To Protect Yourself From Debit Card Fraud?

As the biggest shopping event of the year grows nearer, Black Friday, data thieves will be out to steal personal data by tampering with checkout machines in department stores, supermarkets, gas stations and even doctors’ offices. Their main target is debit card account numbers and PINs. Technology may make purchasing easier and faster than ever before, but it definitely is also making it easier for...

Breast Cancer Is Every Woman’s Disease

Breast cancer awareness has come a long way, but it’s still a shock when a young woman is diagnosed with the disease. The fact is that 60% of all breast cancer diagnoses are women over the age of 60, but there has been a significant spike in the numbers of under 40 years old breast cancer cases. Breast cancer is now every woman’s disease. Therefore, women of...

Choosing a New Car: Considering Electric?

If you’re in the market for a new car, like any auto you want to look at the both the advantages and the disadvantages as well as the long term savings. The biggest advantage of an electric car is that it doesn’t produce the pollution that is associated with a gas-fueled car. However, there are still environmental costs involved. The electricity for these cars is...

Data Breaches: Is Your Personal or Business Information Safe?

Last week’s security breach of a prominent technology journalist, Mat Honan, has raised heightened concerns for small and large businesses alike. Mat’s digital life was devastated when his Amazon, Apple, Google and Twitter accounts were hacked by simple means of trickery. The hackers were able to ploy an Amazon representative into revealing the last four digits of his credit card number over the phone. Therefore,...

Wedding Expenditures: How to Protect Your Investment

According to Brides magazine the average couple will spend approximate $27,000 on their wedding. Half of a couple’s budget will go towards the reception, approximately a third will be spent on the wedding gown and a significant portion will be towards the honeymoon. All of which require hefty deposits in order to secure the purchases and protect the retailers. However, in today’s economy, it would...