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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">1. Data Privacy Day 2011</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">1. Data Privacy Day 2011</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Data Privacy Day was celebrated on January 28, and is an international celebration of the dignity of the individual expressed through personal information. Throughout the world, as people are using powerful technologies to improve their lives, run businesses, share information, etc, we are asking "How can I protect my information from being misused?" The sponsors of Data Privacy Day encourage this dialogue and provide a website as a service to those who care about our common future and our roles as digital citizens and consumers.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Learn more about Data Privacy Day: <http://dataprivacyday2011.org/></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached an settlement agreement with a father and son team who used deceptive advertising to trick users into downloading bogus antivirus (AV) software. The settlement funds ($8.2 million) will be used to reimburse people who were duped into buying the worthless software, which went by the names of Winfixer, Drive Cleaner and Antivirus XP. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Read the story here: <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/217987/alleged_scareware_vendors_to_pay_82_million_to_ftc.html></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Learn more about this type of bogus software: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scareware></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">According to About.com, the Web browser is one of the most used and exploited applications. About.com put together an article to help people understand the flaws and vulnerabilities of Web browser software and to help you to use your Web browser securely, whether you use Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica">Read the article here: <http://netsecurity.about.com/od/webbrowsersecurity/Web_Browser_Security_Information_and_Resources.htm></p>
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