Category Archives: Backup

Lost data may have exposed 800,000 people in Calif

By doris | Published: March 31, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo! News.com LOS ANGELES (AP) — A disaster preparedness exercise to ensure California’s child support system could be run remotely went smoothly, except for one casualty: the names, Social Security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 adults and children. Four computer storage devices for the California Department of Child Support [...]

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How to wipe personal data from your phone

By doris | Published: May 9, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com So you bought a new phone and you want to sell your old phone, but you’re worried about the buyer finding personal information on your phone. You can never be too careful, so it’s important to know how to remove all that personal data before a stranger has the phone. Before [...]

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Security issues cast clouds over online backup services

By doris | Published: May 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Storing and sharing important files in the “cloud” can simplify your life and protect you from data loss — but it could also make you more vulnerable to data thieves. To guard against loss resulting from theft or fire, it’s long been considered wise to store critical personal and business information [...]

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