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Your date of birth for stores... Information scammers could exploit
WHAT TO KNOWFrom Tayyar
An online store offers you a discount for your birthday, so you add the date to your account and continue shopping. The trade-off seems simple, but it leaves a question worth pausing over: Does the transaction need this information, and where will it be stored? Providing your date of birth to a store does not mean your account has been hacked, but…
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