Warning about Michael's Stores

All of the Michael's stores have gotten new checkout terminals. At least here in the Richmond, VA area, the card key pad is not in alignment with the new customer checkout screen. This means when you go to swipe your card and enter a pin number, the customer behind you, not you, will see your name and approval code, etc. I am not sure how criminals could use this information but I do not want to find out either. No more shopping at Michael's here until they either move the keypad or turn off the screens!

Additional FB Note

As an additional note, even if you set strict privacy controls for your own account, if you post anything on a non-secure FB page, it will be advertised to the World. The settings are determined by the page. the best way to see if this is happening to you, Google your sign in name..... See what the World is reading about you.

Scoop On Facebook

Here is material copied from FB that every user should know:

"Information we collect when you interact with Facebook:

Site activity information: We keep track of some of the actions you take on Facebook such as adding connections ... creating a photo album, ... indicating you "like" a post, attending an event , ... In some cases, you are also taking an action when you provide information or content to us. For example, if you share a video, in addition to storing the actual content you uploaded, we might log the fact that you shared it.

Access device and browser information: When you access Facebook from a computer, mobile phone, or other device, we collect information from that device about your browser type, location, and IP address, as well as the pages you visit."

And then the statement goes on to give information about cookies. It is important for people to know what they are signing up for on the Internet.