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3 December 2012
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Parcels premium rate phone scam doing the rounds
A chain email warning about a postal scam is a hoax, and could result in a substantial phone charges by making a call to a bogus Royal Mail telephone number. The email warns of a premium rate phone scam, but is in fact a premium rate phone scam in...
30 November 2012
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Substantial fines for text spammers
Two men have been fined £440,000 for sending millions of spam text messages promoting compensation claims for personal injury or misselling of payment protection insurance. It is the first time the Information Commissioner (ICO) has used its...
29 November 2012
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Take care on the busiest shopping day ever
If you visit a website to shop next Monday (December 3rd), yours will be one of 100 million visits in the UK, according the the predictions of retail experts. At Get Safe Online, we always advise you to be careful when shopping online, but we...
27 November 2012
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Regulator advises on price comparison sites
For many people, price comparison websites have become the default method of finding the best deal on insurance products, loans and credit cards, energy suppliers … the list is endless. In general, such sites represent a major step...
23 November 2012
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Easier customer access to data promised
The government has again said that it will act against businesses and other organisations which do not voluntarily release data held on customers who ask to see it. This follows a warning in August from Ministers that a new law would be...
19 November 2012
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