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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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SmartDebit responds to report showing China?s rapidly growing e-commerce sector

SmartDebit responds to report showing China’s rapidly growing e-commerce sector











SmartDebit

(PRWEB UK) 2 May 2013

According to TechCrunch, a report released by the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), revealed that China’s e-commerce sector increased to a massive 1.3 trillion RMB (US$ 190 billion) worth of transactions during 2012. However, despite the reported increase, online sales only accounted for 6.1 percent of the total retail sales for all consumer goods in China.

The research indicates that the growth was the result of the smartphone penetration, which has introduced the internet to a growing segment of the Chinese population. During the 2nd half of 2012, 40.7 percent of online shoppers used a mobile device to browse goods and services on the internet. Over half of mobile users (53.6 percent) browsed the mobile app version instead of accessing the main website through their mobile’s internet browser.

Findings also show that many are turning to their mobiles instead of their desktop PC’s to research goods online, as 53.3 percent of respondents claimed to use their mobile devices to shop whilst at home. Social media’s influence on China’s e-commerce sector was also revealed, with 41.8 percent of shoppers reporting to first seeing information or promotions for a product on a social media platform before continuing to purchase it.

SmartDebit is constantly keeping up-to-date with the way people pay for goods and services, both in the UK and abroad. The Surrey-based firm facilitate Direct Debit collections on behalf of organisations across the UK. A spokesperson from the bureau commented on the latest research:

“The latest research from the CNNIC is rather impressive, however being the economic superpower that China is I would expect this growth rate to increase further during 2013. Much like the western world, China is experiencing rapid smartphone penetration, providing more people with access to the internet than ever before.” He continues, “The UK is one of the largest digital markets in the world, businesses must invest in the e-commerce channel as well as optimising for mobile viewing to increase their customer base.”

SmartDebit provide organisations with the ability to sign payers up to Direct Debit via their e-commerce facility.

About SmartDebit

SmartDebit is the UK’s leading Direct Debit bureau, specialising in payment processing on behalf of businesses, not-for-profits and public sector authorities since 1998. A Bacs approved bureau scoring ‘Excellent’ ratings in all five categories of the Bacs audit, and is ISO 27001 certified.

Offering paper and paperless Direct Debit options, the SmartDebit service encompasses the SmartDebit Admin® cloud-based portal to administer payments, SmartDebit Online® to sign payers up via a website, SmartDebit API® for the full integrated solution and SmartDebit Contingency® for disaster recovery.























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Lights 4 Living Responds to Lamp That Reacts to Mood by Changing Colour

Lights 4 Living Responds to Lamp That Reacts to Mood by Changing Colour












(PRWEB UK) 21 May 2013

An Italian man has created a lamp that reacts to human emotion by reading the expressions on a person’s face via a webcam device by hacking a RGB LED lamp and using an Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller, reports Tech Hive with ‘Hacked lamp changes colour based on your mood, warns others to leave you alone’ on May 20.

The technology works by mapping facial expressions to a number of markers via a webcam that matches it to a colour and then displays it on the lamp. It uses an OpenCV programming toolkit for the image processing that’s needed and facial expression recognition. The programme will even look for details such as the position of the chin or eyebrows.

While the lamp currently relies on a webcam, Vittorio Cuculo from Milan, is working on integrating software into a lamp without the need for a computer.

As suppliers of many different lighting products, Lights 4 Living is intrigued by the latest developments in lighting.

A spokesperson from Lights 4 Living said:

“Vittorio Cuculo has provided an interesting take on how we can use lighting, not only to light a room, but convey our emotion. This provides a new and fun way to interact with lighting and approach home lighting differently.”

Lights 4 Living are a leading lighting company based in Bath that stock a wide and ever-growing range of home lighting. With over thirty-five years in the lighting industry, Lights 4 Living have a great relationship with many lighting manufacturers so can offer unbeatable competitive prices on ceiling lights, picture lights, wall lights and more.























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