Loss of your personal data is very common these days. It’s estimated that 2020 during the Covid 19 epidemic, 37 billion data breach’s occurred around the world, up 141% since 2019. In the US alone every citizen had its personal data stolen 4 times during the 2019 year. The consequences are loss of financial information, reputational damage, operational damage and loss of sensitive or legal information damage.
The digital footprint that anyone accessing the internet leaves an open door opportunity for hacker’s schemers and even the so called honest marketers. Facebook or Instagram and the similar company’s have one motive to collect your data and sell it or use it to attract your buying power and sometimes just for persuading your opinion. The trail is endless and more of us are using Smartphones to carry all of our most sensitive information.
Cashless transactions personal and intimate information security on these systems are at best a small hurdle for anyone with high motivation and a desire to take your information. The one most important thing to do to protect yourself against these hijackers is to limit the use of sensitive information on the internet highway. Dig-Tech is working on a new secure system to advance protections against pirating and hacker’s.
