Search

Home > GDPR Stand Up > 029: Erik Loses $200 in gift card fraud while traveling
Podcast: GDPR Stand Up
Episode:

029: Erik Loses $200 in gift card fraud while traveling
Category: Business
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2019-07-16 16:40:24
Description:

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What actually happened
  • How this incident impacted Erik and our family
  • We backtrack to *try* to figure out what went wrong here
  • Practical takeaways for both consumers and practitioners
    • For consumers:
      • A reminder to use gift card funds IMMEDIATELY and in a single transaction
      • A warning to stay away from making purchases over a public wifi connection; This exposes you to risk in someone seeing that traffic and using that information to go shopping using your money
    • For practitioners:
      • A reminder to always encrypt data in transit at your organization
      • Performing data security assessments for new projects and considering threats to both the company and consumer
      • A nudge to proactively implement processes to handle cases of identity theft or fraud at your organization

Helpful Resources:

  • If you are tackling a data security/privacy initiative at your organization and are considering outside help, please reach out! Email me so we can chat about your needs and ways that I can be a resource for you: rocio@cybersecuritybase.com

Photo Credit: Sebastián León Prado @ Unsplash

The post 029: Erik Loses $200 in gift card fraud while traveling appeared first on GDPR Stand Up.
Total Play: 0