Financial Literacy in Public Libraries: A Guide for Building Collections: Consumer Protection and Fraud Prevention

Examines how market segmentation and big data place consumers at a disadvantage. Available in print and eBook formats.

Examines how companies compile and make money from personal medical records, and offers insight for consumers to change this process. Available in print and eBook formats.

Explains the demise of employee pension benefits in the United States. Available in print and eBook formats.

Describes the tension between protecting investors and the need for a regulatory framework that allows for capital formation. Available in print and eBook formats.

An insider look at how retailers gain and use consumer information. Available in print and eBook formats.

Recounts the history of consumerism over the past 600 years, including the development of consumer activism, consumer protection, and consumer rights. Available in print format only.

An analysis of flaws in cybersecurity, that allow criminals to access and drain bank accounts and access personal information.

Discusses the vulnerabilities in Internet security, the types of websites most at risk to hacking, and emerging remedies to improve the situation. Available in print and eBook formats.

Argues that the success of the Internet and World Wide Web has also brought about a variety of concerns including being overconnected and potential opportunities for information to be comprised over the Internet.

Discuss advantages and disadvantages to the age of big data. Authors offer insight for readers to adjust online behaviors and to keep information private, even when under possible surveillance.

Swiped is a practical, book that will come in handy when learning about identity theft and internet safety. This guide will direct readers on how to avoid identity theft and how to address issues related to identity theft as they arise up.

With so many data-based forms of technology in the world today, it can be hard to keep track of everything you need to know. In this book, students will learn how the collection and use of data plays an important role in projects of all kinds.