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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is receiving a growing number of complaints about problems caused by identity fraud in relation to payday loans. For information and advice on payday loans, click here. Action Fraud - the UK’s national...
30 April 2013
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A taxi driver has received a nine year jail sentence after abusing two girls. For information and advice on safeguarding children, click here. Benjamin Spratt, 28, was arrested in November 2011 at his home in Chelmsford, Essex. During the...
29 April 2013
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Most of us are bombarded by phishing emails every day, claiming to be from our bank, an online retailer or government department. For information and advice on spam and scam email, click here. Many people have now become wary of such...
28 April 2013
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The Prime Minister has announced a pledge to promote "good, clean, WiFi" in public spaces, following a campaign by a number of children's charities to block sites with adult content in public areas with WiFi internet access. For...
25 April 2013
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Adults in the UK are risking their online security by using identical or easy to remember passwords on the websites they visit. For information and advice on passwords, click here This has been revealed in new research by Ofcom, the...
23 April 2013
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