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Best Western security breach impacted only 10 customers
On August 24, Glasgow’s Sunday Herald reported that hackers had broken into Best Western’s online reservation system and stolen 8 million customer records. The Scottish newspaper claimed that the data breach impacted every customer who stayed at any European Best Western hotel in 2007 or 2008. This story was picked up by countless other publications. [...]

Some new PCs will include built-in online backup services
Online backup programs are becoming so popular, some PC makers will soon begin shipping computers with online backup programs already built in. New Lenovo ThinkPad SL series laptops will include Mozy software, and customers will get 5 GB of storage for free for 90 days. And today, Dell announced that the new Dell Netbook will [...]

JD Power and Associates 2008 Credit Card Satisfaction Survey
Yesterday, JD Power and Associates released their 2008 Credit Card Satisfaction Survey. American Express topped the list for the second year in a row. Discover Card came in at second place. Cardholders named AmEx, Chase and Discover as their favorite rewards cards. AmEx, US Bank and Discover were rated the best in terms of fees [...]

New bill forces California retailers to protect consumer data
California state lawmakers approved a bill on Sunday that will prohibit most companies from retaining customers’ credit or debit card numbers, verification codes or personal identification numbers. Companies that accept recurring payments will be allowed to keep this information, but they will be required to follow specific guidelines established by the credit card industry in [...]

Symantec promises ?zero impact performance? from Norton Internet Security 2009
Symantec recently released a “pre-release beta” version of Norton Internet Security 2009, which is the latest in a series of updates to their market leading Internet security software. After working hard to make Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security 2008 less resouce intensive than older Symantec Internet security software, the company claims that the newest [...]

Texas company uses shredded checks as packing material
While there are many proactive steps that consumers can take to help mitigate the risk of identity theft but, unfortunately, there is no way to prevent companies from making bad decisions on how they handle their customer’s personal information. Take the video below as a case in point. A small Texas specialty foods [...]

Avoid data breaches - encrypt your Gmail!
Google recently created an option for Gmail users to ensure that their email is securely encrypted using SSL. All you have to do to permanently encrypt your email is go to your Gmail settings page and, next to “Browser connection,” select “Always use https.” When viewing your Gmail, check the address bar. If it says [...]

What is an APR?
Your APR, or annual percentage rate, is the yearly interest rate you will pay if you carry a balance on your credit card. You will also be charged interest if you transfer a balance from another card or take out a cash advance. One credit card may have several different APRs. There may be one [...]

Give me some credit!
Do you spend money? Do you shop online? Do you make hotel reservations? If so, chances are you have a credit card. But with so many credit card choices available, it can be nearly impossible to know which one is best for you. There are low APR credit cards, there are balance transfer credit cards, [...]

Helpful hints about credit cards
The Consumerist recently posted 10 Things You Might Not Know About Your Credit Card and 10 Credit Card Company Tricks to Beware. Credit card terms and policies tend to be long and complicated, but The Consumerist addresses some common questions as well as some that you might not even think to ask. Some of these hints [...]