Scams and schemes, ways to avoid getting swindled

Today is National Data Privacy Day.

Tune in to CBS Local 2 at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for our live newsmaker. Author and security expert James McFarlin talks about his upcoming seminar “Scams, Schemes, and those Damn Machines,” presented by the Rancho Mirage Emergency Preparedness Commission. It will be held Tuesday, February 2nd from 2-3:15 p.m. at the Rancho Mirage Public Library. For more details,email Jim McFarlin at mcfarlin.jim@gmail.com

The Riverside County District Attorney’s office has offered the following links to help you protect your data:

https://staysafeonline.org/

http://www.oag.ca.gov/idtheft

http://www.oag.ca.gov/privacy

https://www.ftc.gov/