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Privacy4Patriots Responds to TSA Screening of Disabled 3-Year-Old by Urging Agency to Respect Family?s Privacy
Privacy4Patriots Responds to TSA Screening of Disabled 3-Year-Old by Urging Agency to Respect Family’s Privacy
(PRWEB) March 02, 2013
As reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and a number of other media outlets, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials singled out a 3-year-old girl with Spina bifida for additional screening on Feb. 9, 2013, at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. A TSA agent also told the parents that it was illegal for them to film the screening.
Already under fire for having nearly 400 of its agents fired for theft, according to ABC News, the TSA needs to do a better job of respecting the privacy of traveling families by avoiding unwarranted additional screening of children, says Privacy4Patriots, the publisher of an upcoming report on how to protect one’s privacy.
Adults deserve privacy as well, and following are Privacy4Patriots’ five ways to help secure it while traveling:
Password protect devices. Many people have personal, financial and medical information on their cell phones, laptops and other electronic devices. If any of those devices are lost or stolen, owners will sleep better if they protected them with difficult-to-guess passwords.
Upload tracking or “find-me” apps on digital devices. Thieves like to target laptops, tablets and smart phones carried by unwary travelers, due to their resale value. There are a number of apps that allow people to track their devices. Some apps will even take photos of the thief.
Keep vacation and other travel plans private. When someone posts a comment on Facebook such as, “Off to the shore with the family for the weekend,” they might as well add, “Key is under the front door mat.” Broadcsting one’s absence on social media sites is an invitation to a thief.
Only use secure Wi-Fi venues. Ask venue owners if their wireless router is encryption enabled. When checking email or accessing financial information, make sure that the website has “https” at the beginning, which indicates that they encrypt data during transmission.
Remember to log out of public computers. Internet cafes and libraries can be great places to check email while away from home, but logging out is very important. There are information thieves who hang around in those types of places, watching for people who forget this simple but crucial step.
Check out this Power4Patriots blog post to learn four ways to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.
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SweepsCoach Introduces the Internet Kiosk Totem — A Convenient Way for Customers to Buy Internet Access Time and Receive Free Sweepstakes Entries
SweepsCoach Introduces the Internet Kiosk Totem — A Convenient Way for Customers to Buy Internet Access Time and Receive Free Sweepstakes Entries
El Dorado Hills, CA (PRWEB) October 05, 2011
SweepsCoach, a promotional sweepstakes consulting firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of its proprietary Internet Kiosk, or “Totem,” for retail businesses. The Totem is an ATM-like unit which allows customers to purchase Internet access time and receive free sweepstakes entries. These free entries can be revealed immediately at the Totem by using entertaining gaming displays. A new product for the sweepstakes games industry, SweepsCoach’s Totem units are now available to be placed in bars, convenience stores, truck stops, fraternal organizations, and other businesses throughout the U.S.
“We are thrilled to introduce a new Totem that overshadows its counterpart, the standard computer in an Internet café business,” said James Mecham, Managing Director of SweepsCoach and Promo Games, USA. “Our revolutionary Totem unit leverages the advantages of a web-based sweepstakes promotional platform, providing an extremely profitable ‘Internet Kiosk’ that can be placed just about anywhere.”
Similar to an ATM or a video game machine, the sweepstakes Totem stands alone and features a bill acceptor. Customers can easily insert money into the Totem to purchase Internet access time on the kiosk. After purchasing time they can surf the web until their time runs out.
When customers make a purchase via the Totem, they are also given free entries into a sweepstakes. They can then view the sweepstakes entries at the Totem unit, which reveals the sweepstakes results by simulating slot machines, keno, or poker. SweepsCoach has included nearly 50 different games, each of which can be used to reveal the entries. The results stay the same regardless of which game the customer chooses to play — the game simply adds to the entertainment value of the unit.
SweepsCoach offers businesses and Internet café sweepstakes owners several different models of the Totem; however, its most popular model is the Aries. The Aries stands over 4 feet tall and features a 22-inch touch-screen monitor and prints out a ticket receipt when the customer is done with the transaction.
“The SweepsCoach Totem is evidence of our ongoing innovation in the promotional sweepstakes industry, enabling business owners to provide a valuable product to their customers and generate additional revenue without the hassle and operating costs associated with standard computers in Internet cafes,” said Mecham.
About SweepsCoach
SweepsCoach is an Internet café sweepstakes consulting group. SweepsCoach develops advanced sweepstakes machines, including the only web-based sweepstakes games on the market and the all-new Internet sweepstakes kiosk unit. SweepsCoach also offers retail businesses and sweepstakes companies promotional marketing advice. For more information, including images and videos of the Sweepstakes Totem unit, visit the website below.
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