The
spread of many intrusive software and damaging virus' & spyware
originate from web sites engaged in illegal activities. Ways to protect
yourself and you family are discussed and a directory of helpful
resources.
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engines, P2P connections and torrents assist in identifying un family-like
materials such as pictures, videos and stories. Major internet service
providers, software developers and telecom companies are the conduit in
delivering the content to your front door. Web site hosting companies,
instant messages and content providers provide the methods
to enter your home with minimal restrictions.
Wi-Fi in hotels and cafe hot spots are riddled for intruders.
We suggest you report offensive sites to your local, state, provincial
or federal law enforcement. Most have a reporting system and the
power to shut down offensive
sites,
for example www.cybertips.ca (Canada).
Not only will you be helpful in protecting your own family, it will help those that are being exploited by criminals.
Jun. 26, 2011- NATO investigating possible data breach
Jun. 24, 2011- Travelodge leaks customer data- cyber attackApr. 1, 2011- No Fools Day joke- Data Breach @ JPMorgan
Feb. 7, 2011- European Internet Safer Day- Feb. 8th- Sites focused on the making of of a safer internet for families and friends.
Great resources.
Apr. 20, 2010- Stop the spread of porn- Federal action neededFeb. 12, 2010- National Standards needed on obscenity- USA
Nov. 24, 2009- New legislation is proposed in Canada to penalize ISP's (the people that sell web space) for handling child porn materials on their systems. On receiving a complaint, they are required to report the activity to police. Whether people will know the origin of these materials is debatable? Government needs to get nasty with the banking industry that processes payments with fines and jail time, too. At least, this legislation could provide national rules on which to build on.
Sept. 27, 2009- Privacy Commissioner Sets Worldwide standard- Ottawa Canada
Facebook has specifically agreed to:
Prevent games, quizzes and other applications developed by third parties from accessing information until it obtains express consent for each category of personal information.
Users' friends will also be able to block applications from accessing their information.
Be clear, that you can either deactivate or delete your accounts. Only deleting will remove the information entirely.
Remember that you need to ensure you have the consent of non-users before sharing the non-users' email addresses with Facebook.
We suggest you check other sites privacy policies which could allow them to will retain your user profile, pictures, messages, etc. for whatever purpose, like Google. |
