Data Privacy for Business and Individuals

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Handle Your Data Like a Privacy Professional

Whenever I visit a specialist, like a car mechanic or a dentist, and they give me options, I always ask “what would YOU do in this situation?” I like to defer to the professional’s opinion. Why not apply this to privacy? I reached out to my network of privacy consultants, lawyers, and security specialists and asked 20 respected Privacy Professionals

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Your Social Network is Bigger Than You Think

Your Social Network is Bigger Than You Think

I was reviewing privacy settings when I realized that several of them include options that extend your posts to your friend’s friends (Facebook), or your connection’s connections (LinkedIn). I started to wonder how broadly that audience actually extended. So I did what I usually do; I did the math, for fun. I’m cool that way. Calculating the Size of a

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12 Useful (and Fun) Websites You Should Know About

12 Useful (and Fun) Websites You Should Know About

If you are looking to get directions, count calories, or learn a new language, there’s an app for that. Actually it seems there are apps for everything. Downloadable to your device and accessible every day. But what if you only need something once in a while? There’s a website for that. Here are 12+ of our favourites that you’ll probably

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The Online Acronyms and Slang List

The Online Acronyms and Slang List

*Updated for 2018 Every generation has their slang. The advent of the text message gave us all sorts of acronyms that were easy to type – CUL8R (see you later) or TTYS (talk to you soon). But the 140 character texting and (original) Twitter limit is a whole new ballgame. And now everyone types in acronyms. Here are definitions for

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