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RFID has role protecting human health
Insight Alongside collaborative tools, radio frequency identification can help manage emergency efforts such as recall of contaminated food and notification of affected parties.
Tags: RFID, RFID Tag, GPS, Standards, tagging, performance, food, audit, supply chain, collaboration
Visa preps wireless smart cards
News Fitted with radio-frequency chips, the cards will enable hands-free transactions.
Analyst: USB credit card is safe
News Korea's latest credit card supports USB and contactless connectivity. Gartner analyst believes the device will catch on among Asian users.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security implementation/standards
Ireland investigating fake credit card reader scam
News Irish officials say scammers replaced credit card readers and snagged data from 10,000 or so cards.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Data security, Credit Card Reader, Card, Worker, Bank of Ireland, credit card company, debit card, retail company
Google adds details to Book Search privacy policy
News Privacy advocates had criticized Google's Book Search settlement as incomplete regarding its privacy policy, and Google has responded with additional commitments.
Tags: Data Management, FTC, Settlement, New York, credit card company, blog, credit card, Data Management
US Congress demands info from Web loyalty firm
News Vertrue, one of three companies accused of misleading consumers into signing up for recurring fees, gets a subpoena from a U.S. Senate committee.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Database management, U.S. Senate, Consumer, personally identifiable information, e-mail, credit card company, exec, credit card
Google seeks more time in Book Search case
News Google wants 60 more days to find authors and let them choose to opt in or out of a proposed class-action settlement involving Google Book Search.
Tags: Copyright, Author, Google Inc., Settlement, Advertisement, intellectual property, general counsel, credit card company, USA Today, New York Times Co.
Securing smartphones with picture codes
News PINoptic says it has new software that will help make smartphones more secure by associating pictures with pass codes instead of numbers.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Digital signatures, Applications and tools, Hacking, Security, Smart Phone, PINoptics Software, Digital signatures
'RFID in all new mobiles by next summer'
News Every new phone sold a year from now will have two-way, bio-directional radio frequency identification communication, says Ericsson vice president of systems architecture.
Tags: RFID, Cellular phones, Mobile, Cell Phone, Chip, GPS, phone, credit card company, credit card, Ericsson Inc.
Should new 'Red Flags' rules concern security managers?
Techguide Now that the deadline for compliance with the U.S. regulation is up, the work carved out for IT security heads depends on the level of controls within the organization.
Tags: Regulations, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Business security, Security Manager, Information Security, Identity Theft, Red Flag Software, compliance
Holiday report: E-commerce dips, electronics plummet
News One of the first reports out on holiday sales shows that e-commerce was down 2.3 percent year over year, while the electronics category took a 26 percent dive.
Tags: E-commerce, Sales/revenue, E-business, Electronics, MasterCard International, Sales, Amazon.com Inc., credit card company, News.com, credit card
FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people
News U.S. and Egyptian authorities have charged almost 100 people involved in a phishing scam designed to swipe personal information and use the data to defraud banks.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Lawsuits, Phishing, U.S., bank, Egypt, FBI, Financial Company, credit card company, financial
How smartphones, netbooks will change the future of money
News Mobile banking and m-payments are on the increase and look set to become substantial markets, say U.K.-based industry watchers.
Tags: Mobile commerce, PayPal, Mobile, Smart Phone, Mobile Internet, Mobile Banking, payment, electronic payment, billing, credit card
Need an ATM? Use WAP
News Consumers can now find ATMs which support MasterCard, Cirrus and Maestro transactions through their wireless application protocol (WAP) phones.
MasterCard 'phishes' out over 300 spoof sites in Asia
News The credit card company closes about 1,400 phishing sites worldwide over the past 11 months, a quarter of which originated from the Asia-Pacific region.
Tags: Spam and phishing
