Does Volunteering Your Time Mean Volunteering Your Insurance?

By elitecpas | January 27, 2012 | Comments Off on Does Volunteering Your Time Mean Volunteering Your Insurance?

by Guest EditorRick Viall  rviall@viallins.com Millions of Americans donate time—their most valuable asset—to serve as a volunteer board member on non-profits, booster clubs, churches, PTAs and civic organizations, just to name a few. The decisions these folks make can have a dramatic impact on their respective organization—and not always for the better. If a volunteer…

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Downside of Online: Cyber Crime & Stolen Data

By elitecpas | January 27, 2012 | Comments Off on Downside of Online: Cyber Crime & Stolen Data

by Guest EditorRick Viall  rviall@viallins.com How safe is private information when stored electronically? You may not want to know the answer to that question. But if you’re just a bit curious, consider visiting privacyrights.org/data-breach. The site allows you to scroll through a frequently updated chronological list of reported breaches of private data. Some data are…

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Sounds too Good to be True: Downloading Illegal Music

By elitecpas | January 27, 2012 | Comments Off on Sounds too Good to be True: Downloading Illegal Music

by Guest EditorRick Viall  rviall@viallins.com Remember the days of curling up to the radio on a Saturday night, torturing yourself through commercials and lame tunes just to be able to crank it when Mr. DJ played your favorite song? No longer does one require the patience to spend an entire evening anticipating the next round…

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