• Cyber Security: A Nation of Haves and Have-Nots?

    Tim Morrissey Public News Service MADISON, Wis. – Experts are concerned that the United States is becoming a nation of cyber-security “haves and have-nots” – those who take steps to protect their sensitive information and those who remain vulnerable. The long list of companies that have seen massive cyber-security...
  • BBB ofrece consejos sobre donar a los afectados por los incendios en el norte de California

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Incendios están quemando a los condados de Napa, Sonoma, y Mendocino. Las comunidades están sufriendo, y necesitan ayuda. Desafortunadamente, los estafadores y las organizaciones poco éticas a menudo usan momentos de tragedia para aprovechar de las víctimas y de la generosidad del...
  • BBB Offers Donation Advice in Wake of Northern California Wildfires

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Wildfires are currently raging through Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties. Wine country communities are suffering, and need assistance. Unfortunately, scammers and unethical organizations often use times of tragedy to prey on victims and on the public’s generosity. Although no scams related to...
  • Tips for Hiring a Trustworthy Painter

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau I used to repaint my childhood bedroom every few years, changing the paint every time I found a new favorite color. When it came to repainting my kitchen, however, I turned to professional help. While some paint jobs are easy to do...
  • CONSEJOS PARA CONTRATAR UN PINTOR DE CONFIANZA

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Repinté mi dormitorio de niñez cada pocos años, cambiando la pintura cada vez que encontré un nuevo color favorito. Sin embargo, cuando fue tiempo para pintar mi cocina, contraté ayuda profesional. Aunque algunos trabajos de pintura son fáciles de hacer usted mismo,...
  • The President of the Internet

    Shelly Palmer What, exactly, did Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other tech giants do to empower or enable bad actors (foreign governments, radical organizations, Russians) to influence the outcome of the 2016 elections? How did it happen? Who is to blame? How can we prevent it from happening again? Congress...
  • How To Protect Your Data

    NAPS Chances are your data, whether personal or at work, has been compromised. Even before half the adults in America had their information stolen from a major credit-reporting agency, there were about 178 million personal records exposed in 2015 and it’s estimated that number rose to more than 200...
  • Estafas de mascotas utilizan anuncios y sitios web falsos para victimizar a miles de consumidores en los EE.UU.

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Según un estudio recientemente publicado por Better Business Bureau (BBB), un esquema basado en África Occidental para vender inexistentes cachorros y otras mascotas a consumidores estadounidenses puede ser significativamente más organizado y extenso de lo que generalmente se cree. BBB advierte que...
  • Pet Scams Use Phony Ads, Websites to Victimize Thousands of U.S. Consumers

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau A West African-based scheme to sell non-existent puppies and other pets to unsuspecting U.S. consumers may be significantly more organized and widespread than generally believed, according to a just-released report by Better Business Bureau (BBB). BBB warns that the scams are so...
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