4 Things You Should Do Right Now To Protect Your Data Online

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Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Last week, 2.9 billion records of personal data were for sale, from people in the US, Canada, and Britain, stolen from a company that does background checks called National Public Data. This data breach included the holy grail, Social Security numbers. This is just one of the thousands of data breaches that have happened so far this year and a continuation of a growing pattern. Kim Komando joins us to share the 4 simple steps you can take right now to protect your data online. Takeaways: Data breaches can have devastating financial and emotional effects. Free and paid solutions are available to remove personal information from public databases, but paid services may offer more comprehensive protection. Using strong, unique passwords and enabling two-factor authentication are important for data security. Staying informed about technology and its implications is crucial for maintaining data security. Chapters: 00:00 The Impact of Data Breaches 02:34 How To Check if Your Data Is Part of a Breach 09:42 Opting Out of Data Broker Sites 13:15 Paid Services For Removing Personal Information 17:36 Password Etiquette 21:53 Privacy Risks of Smart Devices 24:05 Key Takeaways and Staying Informed Have a question for us? Write to us at [email protected]. While you’re at it, join the HerMoney community! For the latest episode drops and financial news-you-can-use, subscribe to our newsletter at Hermoney.com/subscribe! Interested in learning more about investing alongside hundreds of other women? Join us every other Monday night on Zoom and learn more at investingfixx.com. Thank you to Gainbridge® for supporting the HerMoney podcast. Gainbridge® created ParityFlex™, a multi-year guaranteed annuity, to offer women security and flexibility at a time when they need it the most—retirement. Learn more about ParityFlex™ here. The HerMoney with Jean Chatzky podcast is sponsored by Edelman Financial Engines. The podcast team and its host are neither employees nor clients of EFE, however, the show does receive fixed compensation and is a paid endorser and therefore has an incentive to endorse EFE and its planners. To learn more about the sponsorship, please visit PlanEFE.com/HerMoney. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast, and to learn more about Airwave, head to www.airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:06.0	Her money is proudly sponsored by Edelman Financial Engines.
0:10.0	When you think about your financial plans, are you diversified?
0:14.4	After the year we had in 2022, it is a really good question.
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0:25.1	investing strategy is right for you. Visit plan EFE.com slash Hermani to
0:30.7	schedule your complementary wealth checkup.
0:34.0	Hey everyone, I'm Jean Chatsky.
0:39.0	Thank you so much for joining me today on her money where our topic is your data, your stolen data.
0:49.4	Let's just be completely honest about that.
0:52.4	Last week was yet another in the stream of data breaches
0:56.7	that we have already suffered through this year
1:00.6	with 2.9 billion records of personal data stolen from a company that does
1:07.9	background checks called National Public Data. This includes the Holy
1:12.3	Grail Social Security numbers, but let me just tell you,
1:16.8	that is just the tip of the iceberg.
1:20.0	Let me recap the year in data breaches for you according to Tech Crunch.
1:26.2	In July, AT&T said that cyber criminals had stolen data that contained the phone numbers and call records of quote-unquote
1:36.0	nearly all of its customers. Around 110 million people. It wasn't stolen directly from AT&T's systems, but from an
1:46.8	account it had with a data giant called Snowflake, you will start to notice
1:51.2	a pattern here.
1:53.0	A health care tech giant called Change Healthcare
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