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November 23rd 2018 As if anybody needs reminding, today is Black Friday. A relatively recent phenomenon in the UK, Black Friday is a US tradition to mark the day after Thanksgiving, allegedly originating in Philadelphia where the term was used to...
23 November 2018
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November 15th 2018 The MiSafes Kid’s Watcher Plus location-tracking smartwatch has been found by security researchers to be lacking in basic security – posing potential dangers to the thousands of children who wear it, according the BBC. For...
15 November 2018
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November 8th 2018 The Children's Commissioner for England has issued a new report calling for a statutory duty of care towards online users. For information and advice on safeguarding children, click here. Who Knows What About Me says that vast...
8 November 2018
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October 24th 2018 New research released today from UK General Insurance in partnership with Cyber Aware has revealed that 79% of Brits surveyed keep emails in their inboxes that could be exploited by hackers for ID theft, fraud, or impersonation....
23 October 2018
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October 22nd 2018 New research produced for this year's Get Safe Online Week - which starts today - has revealed that the nation is sleepwalking towards fraud with the problem being so severe that 21 people are targeted every minute as a result...
22 October 2018
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October 18th 2018 As our 12th Get Safe Online Week gets set to launch next Monday, it seems impossible that last year’s ground-breaking Scammer Nanas campaign is now a year old. Get Safe Online Scammer Nanas campaign In the campaign, we...
18 October 2018
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October 17th 2018 Get Safe Online hosts European #CyberScams campaign in UK To view the Europol / European Banking Federation short videos and advice, click here Today sees the launch of a new #CyberScams awareness campaign from Europol’s...
15 October 2018
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October 14th 2018 DCMS (the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) has today launched the government’s consumer guidance around smart devices in the home. For Get Safe Online's information and advice on smart devices in the home,...
14 October 2018
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