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31 December 2012
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Stay safe online this holiday
Christmas may be over for another year and hopefully you've had an enjoyable and worry-free time doing all those Christmassy things online ... buying your presents and festive food, chatting to friends and family, setting up that new...
29 December 2012
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Substantial rise in social media crimes reported
People are warned to take care about what they both post and respond to on social networking sites following the publication of figures on alleged crimes involving Facebook and Twitter. For information and advice on safe social networking, click...
28 December 2012
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Four brothers jailed for internet fraud
Four brothers have been sentenced for their part in a half-million pound internet fraud. For information and advice on protecting your identity online, click here Adnan, Imran, Ferkhan and Gibran Nawaz - all of Rochdal - had pleaded guilty to...
24 December 2012
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Maya ‘end of the world’ PowerPoint contains malware
Security experts have issued a warning about opening a PowerPoint presentation about the Mayan Calendar's supposed end of the world event, meant to be happening today. Opening the presentation will infect your computer with malware. For...
21 December 2012
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Instagram to sell photos to advertisers
If you are a user of Instagram, you should be aware that the Facebook-owned photo sharing site has updated its privacy policy, giving it the right to sell your photos and other information to advertisers without notifying you. For information...
18 December 2012
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Christmas … are you prepared?
We probably don't need to remind you that Christmas is just a week away. So if you haven't finished your shopping, ordered the turkey, emailed your online cards or booked that New Year break, you could be cutting it a bit fine. Which is OK,...
17 December 2012
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