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Data Security

In some cases, it might be a good to encrypt data files to ensure added security. If employees are taking sensitive data on the road or taking it home for telework purposes, the possibility of a stolen or lost laptop increases the chances that your data will fall into the wrong hands. Windows XP has a built in encryption system. For instructions on how to encrypt and remove encryption from files, click on the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles;

307877 How to encrypt files

308993 How to remove encryption

The PNWC Stress Test

We at PNWC have devised a simple test to indicate whether people have too much stress in their life.

It's a picture of two dolphins. The two dolphins appear normal when viewed by a stress-free individual. This test is not accurate enough to pick up mild stress levels.

It's quite simple. If there is anything that appears different about the dolphins (ignore the fact of the slight color differences) it is often an indication of potential stress related problems. Differences, if any, may also indicate the source of your stress.

Sit upright and viewing the screen head-on, take a deep breath, breathe out and then click on the following link:

Stress Test

If there is anything out of the ordinary then you should consider taking things a little easier..

Privacy Policy:

Pacific Northwest Consultants, LLC does not sell or share client information with anyone for any purpose, period. We have established strong controls to ensure that client names, data, and confidential information is safeguarded to the maximum extent practical and is not at risk for inadvertent disclosure or theft.

Don't give out personal information, such as your income and buying habits, to people or businesses that ask for it. Personal information that you provide often gets sold to other marketers. Don't include personal information when you enter drawings at stores, when you fill out warranty cards, or when you respond to surveys on the Internet.

Never give your social security number, account numbers, or personal credit card information to anyone who calls you.

Establish a "Junk" email address. You will find less "spam" in your personal email box if you establish an address at a free mail service such as Hot Mail, Yahoo, or Gmail (Google).

The Consumer Action Handbook, published by the Federal Consumer Information Center, is valuable information that no consumer should be without. In addition to advice and consumer tips, this handbook includes a Consumer Assistance Directory with thousands of names, addresses, telephone numbers, web site and email addresses for national consumer organizations, better business bureaus, corporations, trade associations, state and local consumer protection offices, state agencies, military consumer offices, and federal agencies. For more information, visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/respref.htm.

To get off mailing lists and telemarketing lists, write to Telephone Preference Service, Attention: Preference Service Manager, Direct Marketing Association, P.O. Box 3079, Grand Central Station, NY 10163. Ask to have your name and home address removed from participating marketers' unsolicited mailing lists and ask to have your telephone number(s) removed from telemarketers' calling lists and put on the "do not call" list.

To get off credit bureau marketing lists, call toll free 888-567-8688 to remove your name from marketing lists of the nation's three major credit bureaus that share information with third party marketers.