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The New Financial Year – The Perfect Time for a Workplace Spring Clean?

As businesses, corporate bodies, sole traders, and individuals across the UK prepare for Q2 and the new financial year, documents containing sensitive personal and financial information are likely to be brought out of storage. You’ll probably come across unwanted paperwork and documents past their retention periods during this time. So, why not use this opportunity.

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Data Security in the Financial Services Industry

Hackers and identity thieves deliberately target financial services in an attempt to access the abundance of monetary information they hold.  Because of this, financial organisations have historically encountered information security challenges. To stay protected, financial services must ensure they are taking steps to handle their confidential data in line with GDPR. This goes for all.

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Five Ways to Protect Against Identity Theft

Identity crime is a broad term that usually takes the form of identity theft. It often includes counterfeiting documents or misusing genuine identification and financial assets such as someone else’s bank card. Once someone has gathered enough information to unlawfully create or steal an identity, they can use this to commit financial fraud. They can.

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