So as careful as I am NOT to fall into data capturing traps, someone within my six degrees “and yours I would presume” did fall into the trap. Cambridge Analytica got my data from a friend of mine connected to me on Facebook. So what of my data has been compromised? My entire profile, my…
Read moreThe Bait and Switch with Social Media Ads
As you are viewing all your friends posts on Facebook, have your eyes ever been drawn to a posting about a celebrity? You know a posting that literally draws you in and makes you click just to read about the secrets of their lives! OK, I’ll admit it… it has happened to me and then…
Read more2016 Presidential Election Results
The most important election in contemporary history is in two days. And the results may simply surprise a lot of people. Why? Because main stream media may simply be leading us like sheep. Virtually every national poll over the past two months has been pointing to Clinton has holding a sizable lead. A lead that…
Read moreWhat America Needs Now
Whatever you may be thinking, let’s get one thing straight. America does NOT need another career politician. We have been losing ground for the past 50 to 100 years. We are no longer the strongest, most powerful nation in the world. And indeed, we should be and can be again. However it will never happen…
Read moreTo Attorney, or not to Attorney – that is the Question
I for one have spend over two decades supporting consumer rights and doing my best to guide many through the maze of difficult situations without the need to engage the services of legal counsel. It has seemed clear to me that bringing an attorney in on the negotiations, or even simply the communication stages, of…
Read moreClass Action Suits Increase Every Year
Or at least we are starting to hear about them daily so it seems as if every major company in the country is being sued by consumers screaming foul play! So what is a class action suit and why should you care? According to our most favorite online reference resource Wikipedia, which we can not…
Read moreVISA, It’s Everywhere You Want To Be…
AND MAYBE MORE! So as the weekend approached and I was enjoying dinner with a good friend at a local restaurant and talking about the exciting events coming up this next week, I started to reflect on the famous TAG line from VISA. It’s everywhere you want to be! And well… I had to…
Read moreSpammers Are Becoming More Enterprising
by: Wayne Warrington – Consumer Advocate Whether you are reading your personal email or your business email, you likely have come across some very creative and enterprising emails from Spammers! It used to be those “attractive – seductive” email subject lines that were filling our in boxes in an effort to infiltrate our computer systems,…
Read moreI Want to Add Your Birthday
If you have not seen this message on Facebook before, you will most likely see it soon! by: Wayne Warrington It started several months ago, I starting seeing this message from several of my friends on Facebook. “I want to add your birthday!” The message while appearing friendly and pretty much a nice thing to…
Read moreLet’s Pay More and Get Less
As our country does a swan dive off the fiscal cliff, Obama uses his “power” of Executive Orders to issue pay raises for our congressmen (women) that failed to finish their job. OK, so I realize the US government and US businesses operate under totally different models, however I would fire any member of my…
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