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Data Protection and Privacy: Big Issues for Governments

As an international private investigation firm, Wymoo International has been able to witness many of the deficiencies that governments and authorities have, both in the way they collect and store the information on their citizens as in the way they handle and protect this data.   Make no mistake, the government is not efficient and not […]

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Tinder Dating App Posing a Serious Risk to Privacy

As smartphone usage continues to increase, dating apps have become some of the most popular all over the world.  Technology has changed people’s behavior, leaving many of the social skills to digital interaction. Social media apps keep people connect to their friends and family on a 24/7 basis, and help them make new friends even […]

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Ashley Madison – Protecting Yourself from Painful Data Breaches

The past two years have been pretty intense when it comes to data breaches. Hackers have been working hard on getting a hold of as much information as possible, and with time they have learned who makes a better target. They started with massive records from very diverse databases of retail store clients, then continued […]

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How to Search the Internet Privately and Not Be Tracked

Have you ever noticed that after searching the web for something you like or need you suddenly start getting ads related to your search? People normally take this as a normal harmless thing. But there is a lot more to it. Internet companies store information from every single user of the web, and this information […]

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Black Boxes in Cars – Is the Government Tracking You and Your Car?

Not many Americans are aware that there is a device in their cars that stores a lot of information on them. Event Data Recorders are commonly known as black boxes, and they have been present in most cars since 2006. Originally, black boxes were designed as part of a car´s safety system to be able […]

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People Search Websites: What You Should Know

In today´s world, being unknown on the Internet is something hard to achieve. Even when people might not have an active online life, there are thousands of databases circulating all over the internet that may contain our information and that can make us vulnerable to identity theft or other online fraud.  Not to mention much […]

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