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Who’s minding your business? The FTC invites you to comment on commercial surveillance and data security
Many of us have grown used to the idea that companies constantly collect information about us as we go about our daily lives. It may be information we give up willingly, like a credit card number for
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Shopping scams are in session for back-to-school shopping
Back-to-school season can be stressful for many kids and their parents — especially when scammers are back to work with online school shopping scams. But there are ways to get your school shopping
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Only scammers demand utility payments in cryptocurrency
It’s never a good time to have your utilities shut off. But during the hot summer months, the threat of having no power can be especially miserable: no AC, no refrigerator, not even a fan. Scammers
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