Source: AARP
Description:
Social networking websites such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Windows Live Spaces are services people can use to connect with others and to share information such as photos, videos and personal messages.
Source: Federal Trade Commission
Description:
Website offers a wide variety of information to help consumers avoid and report fraud and deception.
Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Description:
Get the facts on consumer frauds from Internet cons, prize promotions, work-at-home schemes, and telemarketing scams to identity theft--and report fraud complaints so they can be shared with law enforcement.
Source: Federal Trade Commission
Description:
Consumer information about deterring, detecting and defending against identity theft
Source: GCFLearnFree.org
Description:
Resource provides computer training on everything from basic computer understanding, Microsoft word, Social Networking, and more.
Source: U.S. Government
Description:
Website developed by a consortium of government agencies (including the Federal Trade Commission, Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service). The site includes easy-to-understand information about safe auctions, phishing, spyware, etc.
Source: National Institute on Aging
Description:
Discusses how to evaluate the reliability of a healthcare-related website
Description:
Government-funded project involves professionals and senior volunteers to fight fraud, abuse and error in the Medicare and Medicaid programs
Privacy policies for websites accessed through the Online Information Center are specific to the organization providing the resource and may vary from Health Concepts’ own privacy policy.