Every time you share your personal information, you put yourself at risk of data breaches and identity theft...Really, the best way to keep your identity safe online is by not sharing it at all. But how is that possible when accounts, apps and e-commerce sites all require a certain amount of personal information to verify you and complete your tasks?

Increasingly, giving away your personal information puts you at risk of security breaches and identity theft. There’s a new and better way to keep your information safe. Most of us know someone who’s had issues with stolen credit card numbers, […]

"...KYC has expanded well beyond the financial services industry to the point where companies that specialize in KYC services have become information harvesters who scrape thousands if not millions of databases to compile profiles on almost everyone who is online."

There isn’t much increased security measures can do to prevent insider jobs. But there is something you can do to protect your personal information Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify made headlines last year when it fired two employees for participating in a […]

Privacy policies are long and filled with jargon the average person doesn’t understand. And they leave us vulnerable to data harvesting When was the last time you bothered to read a privacy policy? The fact is, the vast majority of […]

You should be able to trust the organizations you provide your personal information to. But are they always trustworthy? Are trust networks actually trustworthy when it comes to protecting your personal information? With Europe’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) outlining […]

From passwords to multi-factor authentication, here’s how the services you use build trust Just like online platforms and services need to authenticate your identity, you, too, actually perform your own version of authentication every day, whether or not you realize […]

Social media services might be free to use, but when it comes to their business model, you become the product through the data you share.  Your personal information is enormously valuable. That value makes it a common target for cybercriminals. […]