August 29th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Jackie here with AllClear ID. Have you ever used your phone or mobile device to “check-in†somewhere on Facebook? Does your mobile device automatically post your location when you use it to update your status on a social network, or send an email? These simple acts might seem harmless, but [...]
August 15th, 2012 By the AllClear ID Team Vanessa here with AllClear ID. From your smartphone showing everyone where you’ve been, to your Internet surfing creating “cookies†that deposit themselves in your Web browser’s files, you may not know the extent to which your personal information – and how much of it — is being gathered. Everywhere you [...]
August 1st, 2012 Kirsten here with AllClear ID. Javelin Strategy & Research released a report recently showing that of the almost 12 million Americans who were victims of identity theft in 2011, two big causes are smart phones and social media. We think that these still new-ish technologies are ones that people don’t realize contain a lot of [...]