Get familiar not only with scams, but with in-built harvesting of your data

Modern communication devices have brought tremendous advantages to the consumer but can create serious problems when privacy is compromised, advises Diarmaid Condon.

Privacy, does it really exist anymore? Certainly, true privacy doesn’t. If you walk down the street of a town, own a credit or debit card, send an email or carry a phone you are leaving very traceable trails everywhere you go and building up a database of information that is of value to others.

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