{"id":10609,"date":"2019-08-06T23:39:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T23:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.security.org\/?page_id=10609"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:01:37","slug":"guide-to-securing-confidential-personal-data-both-online-and-offline","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.security.org\/resources\/guide-securing-confidential-data\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Securing Confidential Personal Data Both Online and Offline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re drowning in news about data breaches and identity theft, and there seems to be no safe haven. In 2017 and 2018 alone, customers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/data-breaches-2018-4\">of stores<\/a> such as Macy\u2019s, Adidas, Sears, Kmart and Best Buy had their credit card information and other sensitive data stolen. In 2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2018\/02\/11\/equifax-hack-exposed-extra-data\/\">Equifax showed<\/a> that even the businesses responsible for reporting your credit history can be vulnerable, as data including Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, driver\u2019s license numbers and birth dates for 145 million Americans were stolen. In September 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2018\/09\/28\/technology\/facebook-breach-50-million\/index.html\">Facebook admitted<\/a> that an attack ended up with nearly 50 million users\u2019 information being compromised.<\/p>\n<p>It can be easy to feel powerless and like you\u2019re facing a Catch-22 situation. For example, personal finance experts say that you should check your credit history once a year. However, in order to obtain a report, you must entrust personal data to at least one credit reporting agency. Similarly, paying via credit card has become a way of life and feels necessary in many situations.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, not all hope is lost. You can take plenty of steps to secure your confidential personal data online and offline. That\u2019s right\u2014offline too. It can be easy to overlook the many ways in which your data can be stolen from under your nose when you\u2019re relaxing at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21295,"template":"views\/lp\/lp-2021.blade.php","class_list":["post-10609","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Securing Confidential Personal Data Both Online and Offline | Security.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2023, T-Mobile suffered its eighth major data breach affecting 37 million customers, MailChimp faced a social engineering attack, and ChatGPT highlighted AI risks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.security.org\/resources\/guide-securing-confidential-data\/\" \/>\n<meta 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