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8 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If we pause and think, there are many activities we do in a course of a day where we put our personal information at risk- from writing a cheque to charging an item in person or on the phone. Never disclose your personal information such as a bank account number in an email. Gosh I would hate to hear what the numbers are now in 2011.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!), There were no personal computers. Conveniences. There was no internet.

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John Walsh Safety Tips Tweet Up & $50 AmEx Gift Card Giveaway #CoxTakeCharge

Saving Cents With Sense

He doesn’t play on the computer yet, but he does play different educational games, and reads digital books on our iPad. I recommend checking out the 10 Tips for Parents – it is information that we all need as parents. My oldest child is almost 7 years old, so he is very aware of the internet and different devices to access it.