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Protect your vehicle from identity thieves
Jun 7, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Your automobile is a target of thieves--that is obvious. Of course, thieves will steal the car itself or valuable items inside, like your cell phone or iPod. That is bad enough. But the information inside your car--not just the...
Alaska Law Loaded with Identity Theft Protections
Jun 13, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Alaska has a new identity theft law with protections including privacy of SSN's, credit freezes and data breach disclosures. Alaska’s HB 65 restricts the request, collection, sale, and sharing of Social Security numbers by both private parties and government agencies. The new...
Truston Wins 2008 Product Innovation Award
Jun 17, 2008 by Tom Fragala
I am pleased to announce that Truston received a 2008 Product Innovation Award from Network Products Guide for our myTruston Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. The Network Products Guide said, in giving the award, “Truston's innovative SaaS platform offers an organized approach...
HR Outsourcer Colt Has Data Stolen, Leaves Victims Cold
Jun 24, 2008 by Tom Fragala
According to PC World, a human resources outsourcing firm called Colt Express Outsourcing, suffered a data breach when thieves stole a number of computers from their offices. Incredibly, Colt did not have an alarm security system (they installed one four...
My Two Hours With Bill Gates
Jun 27, 2008 by Tom Fragala
This is a story of how I once spent two hours sitting with Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. Since Bill retired today as a full-time employee at Microsoft, I thought I would finally recount it here. It was not a...
Privacy-friendly Search Engines
Jun 30, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Most of the leading search engines like Google, MSN, and Yahoo keep your search data for a long time; Google 18 months and Yahoo 13 months. There is an alternative for the privacy-conscious called Ixquick, which is based in Holland. It...