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Peter SchorschFebruary 9, 2015

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the three unalienable rights that the Declaration of Independence says have been given to all of us by the “Creator,” and that governments are created to protect. Were the Declaration to be updated for the 21st century, could it be amended to include a right to hail […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday urged all Floridians who are customers of Anthem to take extra measures in monitoring their credit. The company, one of the nation’s largest health care insurers, stored the Social Security numbers of 80 million customers without encrypting them. Hackers then broke into their database, the largest-ever computer breach […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 2015

President Obama today unveiled plans to revive a controversial 2011 cybersecurity bill designed to encourage the private sector to share threat and vulnerability information. The legislation would give legal protections for companies that disclose threat intelligence to the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, which would then provide that information to […]

Guest AuthorMarch 19, 2014

Yes, it can happen to you… In November, I was contacted by phone and email by my credit card company’s fraud department. The customer-service representative informed me that our card number had been compromised and that they were going to close the account immediately and send replacement cards. After the representative and I reviewed the […]

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