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Look out for Energy supplier scams

The current energy price crisis and the collapse of smaller providers has created the perfect breeding ground for energy related scams that target millions of
27th Sep 2021
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Brits have been ‘impersonation scammed’ out of £130m in 6 months

Fraudsters pretending they are from trusted names like HMRC, Royal Mail and Amazon Prime are reaping the rewards of all their fake calls and text
14th Sep 2021
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New Scam Warning: Beware of answering calls ‘from your own mobile number’

Fraudsters are mirroring mobile numbers in the latest wave of National Insurance and HMRC scams. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has recently issued a warning to
31st Aug 2021
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The IPS 2021 Manifesto

IPS members want to stop unwanted cold calls. You also want to save wasted time, get on with daily life and achieve peace of mind
4th Jan 2021
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Apple iOS 15 privacy settings you should be using

Apple has now released iOS 15 for its mobile phones (iPadOS 15 for iPads). It contains many useful and interesting security features that we want
28th Sep 2021
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Fraud is now a ‘threat to National Security’

Our recent article followed the rise of impersonation scams where fraudsters pretend to be someone else (like a bank or the police) to trick their
28th Sep 2021
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93% of adults support a total ban on cold calls and texts about Personal Injury compensation

Personal Injury (PI) calls continue to be the biggest source of complaints received by the Information Commissioner’s Office by some distance, even though it’s been
14th Sep 2021
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Company selling ‘anti-cold calling hardware’ is fined – for cold calling

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regularly, but in our opinion not regularly enough, takes enforcement action and imposes fines on firms who illegally call telephone
13th Sep 2021
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UK signals intent to move privacy rules away from Europe’s GDPR

Since Brexit kicked in on 01 January 2021, the UK’s Data Protection act has been aligned and equivalent to the European GDPR rules that became
1st Sep 2021
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85% of company data breaches relate to employees making the wrong choice

Just as the IPS YouGov survey revealed that UK citizens rank personal data security as our number one security concern these days, a research report
31st Aug 2021
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Landline phones set to be scrapped by 2025 as part of a digital switchover

Most of us should be fine, but plans must be made to support the elderly and vulnerable who will struggle. Protect your friends by sharing
16th Aug 2021
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Companies who show they care about your data have a huge advantage

(You should leave those who don’t care) Research by business consultants McKinsey shows that consumers respond well to companies that treat personal data carefully –
12th Aug 2021
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How to avoid scams without being rude, (It’s OK to remain polite)

It’s a common British failing that we try and be nice to people we don’t even want to talk to. Protect your friends by sharing
11th Aug 2021
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