How To Remove Your Personal Information Before You Get Rid of Your Computer
What to ask before buying internet-connected toys
What’s on your holiday wish list? Perhaps a smart speaker for your kids’ bedroom, or a cuddly cool internet-connected smart toy to help them learn?
2020 Census: Fact v Fiction
The Federal Trade Commission is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to help you guard against potential census scams.
What you can do to fend off hackers
Your personal information is valuable. That’s why hackers try to steal it.
Stalking apps: Retina-X settles charges
Did you know people can monitor you through your phone?
How To Protect Your Phone From Hackers
Your cell phone holds some of your most sensitive personal information. Things like your passwords and account numbers, emails, text messages, photos, and videos.
Where is your online search leading you?
Dishonest companies set up websites that look like legitimate places to get information on finding a job, joining the military, or getting government benefits.
Is the American Community Survey legit?
Here at the FTC, we always tell people to use caution when someone they don’t know asks them for personal information.