Dear Hayek, Recently, I’ve read several news stories about an uptick in identity theft and other scams where scammers can get your personal information online and use it against you in trying to perpetrate a scam. Is there any tool that can help protect my privacy and personal info online? I’m also looking for a […]
How to Stay Safe on Facebook
Q. I recently went to my 50th high school reunion, and it seemed like many of the people there still knew each other — even those who lived on different sides of the country and hadn’t seen each other in years. I was excited to see everyone but felt out of the loop because I […]
Should the WikiLeaks fiasco raise healthcare privacy concerns?
Perhaps it is time to start asking questions, the goal being to learn from this unfortunate situation and hence pay more attention to safeguarding our data in this “post-9/11, information age.”
How New Health Information Technology Will Save Money and Lives
Why is it that our most sensitive, personal data is often in an unorganized state of disarray? Most of us probably could more quickly pull a given DVD or book from our collections than proffer to a doctor a condition or illness we may have suffered 1, 2, 5, or 10 years ago! The electronic […]