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07/25/2011
Recent tragedies are concern for Facebook users
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11/23/2010
Shopping online means avoiding the crowds, but it also opens consumers up to attacks from scammers and hackers. Hawaii’s BBB offers 10 tips for staying safe when holiday shopping online.
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11/03/2010
An ounce of prevention is worth far more than the effort required to get your life back to normal when your identity has been stolen. BBB recommends taking five steps to prevent ID theft online.
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06/01/2010
On May 18th New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo officially filed suit against SmartBuy, a seller of computers and electronics.
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12/31/2009
From charities to identity thieves, many would love to get their hands on discarded computers, and Hawaii’s BBB offers the following advice on how to dispose of an old computer safely and securely.
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10/01/2007
Computer sellers - online and brick-and-mortar - inundate consumers with advertisements for "free" or low-cost computers. The offers usually involve rebates of several hundred dollars off the computer's purchase price - if the consumer commits to a long-term contract for Internet service. Some of the offers may be good deals for consumers, but they are likely to involve complicated transactions.
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08/01/2006
Voice over Internet Protocol — VoIP — is one way people are making and receiving telephone calls using a broadband Internet connection rather than a regular phone line. VoIP converts your phone call — actually, the voice signal from your phone — into a digital signal that travels through the Internet to the person you are calling. If you are calling a plain old telephone number, the signal is converted back at the other end. If you’re comfortable with new technology, you may want to learn more about VoIP. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency, suggests that it’s smart to do some research on this technology before signing up for it.
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08/01/2006
A laptop computer defines convenience and mobility. It enables you to work from home, a hotel room, a conference hall, or a coffee shop.
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06/01/2003
When consumers open an account, register to receive information or purchase a product from your business, it’s very likely that they entrust their personal information to you as part of the process. If their information is compromised, the consequences can be far – reaching: consumers can be at risk of identity theft, or they can become less willing – or even unwilling – to continue to do business with you.
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