Want to view or change your privacy/security settings, but don’t know where to find them? Use these direct links to update your privacy settings on popular devices and online services or read about your platforms’ privacy policies and statements.

The One Against Loneliness website promotes social organizations that can show evidence of effectiveness - which encourages municipalities to include them in their plans.

4 Tips to Protect your Smartphone

Every year, thousands of people become victims of holiday scams. Scammers can rob you of hard-earned money, personal data, and, at the very least, a festive mood. Make sure that it is the season of giving not giving data away!

October is not only known as the spookiest month because of Halloween but it is also CyberSecurity Awareness Month (CSAM).  CSAM is a collaboration between government and private industry to raise awareness about online privacy and security.  It is about empowering everyone to protect their personal data from online crimes.

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There is a saying in the security and privacy world - “It's not if but when.” This means that bad things (incidents) happen to all organizations so it isn’t a matter of if they will happen to your organization, but it is just a matter of time when it will happen – tomorrow, next month, or next year.

Sharing personal data is essential for most of us to do our jobs. But there is a right way to do it and good reasons to understand why it is important. It is important because people provide some of their most personal information to your organization and they trust you to keep it safe and confidential.

Cloud computing offers great efficiency for storing, analyzing, and sharing data, but securing data across multiple platforms and services is no simple task. Your business uses a lot of applications which are hosted in the cloud. You probably use a lot of applications personally that are hosted in the cloud too.

Let’s do a digital spring cleaning! Here are seven simple steps to help ensure your technology is secure…

This is a great article from EPIC that really puts the TikTok issue into perspective. It’s about the data and the potential for the Chinese government, or any government, to use ANY application to manipulate people.

The Markup is doing a lot of work to combat bias in homeless housing. Check this out for more information.

It sounds simple but it’s not easy. The good news is that these things can successfully translate into other areas of your life. Always be on time, be prepared, have a good work ethic, take the initiative, and be ready to take risks. You don’t have to do these perfectly right away, and they improve with practice. 

It should be shocking that Kroger hopes to make over $1B - yes a “B” - selling our personal data! Read more from The MarkUp.

The Information Commissioner's Office publishes "Privacy in the product design lifecycle" guidance is written for technology professionals such as product and UX designers, software engineers, QA testers, and product managers.