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Recr ui t mentt r adebodyr espondst o Conservat i vel andsl i dewi n Comment i ngonnewst hatt heConser vat i veGover nmenthaswon t heGener alEl ect i onwi t hasi gni f i cantmaj or i t yof74seat s,Tani a Bower s,LegalCounselatt heAssoci at i onofPr of essi onalSt af f i ng Compani es( APSCo| ht t p: / / www. apsco. or g] ) ,comment s: “ Atat i mewhent heeconomyneedsst abi l i t y ,APSCowel comest he cer t ai nt yt hatt hi sGener alEl ect i onr esul tof f er s.TheConser vat i ves ar ecel ebr at i ngascal eofsuccessbeyondwhatevent hei rmostopt i mi st i csuppor t er sant i ci pat ed.Thr oughposi t i oni ngt hemsel vesast he onl ypar t ywi l l i ngorabl et odel i vert heUK’ sexi tf r om Eur ope,t hey havegai nedseat sacr osst heNor t handr egi ons–andwehopet hat ast r ongmaj or i t ygover nmentwi l lf i nal l ymar kt heendoft hedamagi ngBr exi tdeadl ock.However ,wear esomewhatconcer nedt hatt he Conser vat i veshavedr awnal i nei nt hesandandconf i r medt hatt hey wi l lnotext endt hei mpl ement at i onper i odbeyondDecember2020. Webel i evet hi si ncr easest her i skofnof r eet r adeagr eement-ef f ect i vel ycr eat i nga‘ nodeal ’ scenar i o–whi chwi l lnotbef avour edby t hemaj or i t yofourmember s. ” “ Al t houghnotment i onedi nt hepar t y’ smani f est o,si ncet hedocumentwaspubl i shed,Chancel l oroft heExchequer ,Saj i dJavi dhas pr omi sedar evi ewofhowt heGover nmentcoul df ur t herhel pt he sel f empl oyed,addi ngt hat‘ onet hi ngi npar t i cul ar ’ hewant st ol ook ati st hepr oposedchangest oI R35.Wewel comet hi scommi t ment whol ehear t edl y .I ndeed,i nAPSCo’ sownmani f est o,wehavecal l ed f orar et hi nkonof f payr ol lwor ki ngi nt hepr i vat esect or ,whi chwe bel i eveshoul d,atl east ,bedel ayedpendi ngcompl et i onofanassessmentonempl oymentst at us. ”

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New wayst opaypr ot ectconsumer sagai nstcar df r aud Wi t hcar df r audandi dent i f yt hef tcont i nui ngt ohi tt heheadl i nes,JasonRoos,CEO of t echnol ogycompanyCi r r us,di scusseswhyi tpayst oknowaboutpaymentst andar ds whenusi ngyourcr edi tordebi tcar donl i neoront hephone. I nt oday’ si ncr easi ngl ycashl esssoci et y ,weal lr el yonusi ngcar dsf orpayment s.Wehappi l yr el ayouraccountandcr edi tcar ddet ai l sont hephonewi t houtasecondt hought , t r ust i ngt hatt hecompanyt hatwear edeal i ngwi t hwi l lmanageourcar ddat asecur el y . Buthowsaf ear eourdet ai l s? Maj orcar df r audl ossesr ecor dedi n2018 Accor di ngt oUKFi nance( i ) ,t het hef tofper sonalandf i nanci aldet ai l st hr oughsoci al scamsanddat abr eacheswasamaj orcont r i but ort of r audl ossesi n2018.I nf act ,dat a br eachesi nvol vi ngj ustt hr eewel l knownbr andsar er epor t edt ohaver esul t edi nt heat t empt edcompr omi seofar ound6. 3mi l l i onpaymentcar ddet ai l s. Thef i nancei ndust r ycannott ackl ef r audal one,whi chmeanst hati ti st her esponsi bi l i t yof al lcompani esi nt hechai nt ot akepr event at i vemeasur esandsecur ecar ddat a.Sohow canwebesur et hatourdet ai l sar esaf e? We’ vei dent i f i edt hr eekeyar east obeawar eof : 1. Maki ngyourpayment ssecur e–PCIDSSSt andar ds PCIDSSi sawor l dwi dePaymentCar dI ndust r yDat aSecur i t ySt andar dt hatwassetup t hebyt hef i vebi gcar dpr ovi der s( i i ,t heUKCar dsAssoci at i on( nowUKFi nance) ,t ohel p busi nessespr ocesscar dpayment ssecur el yandr educecar df r aud. Bei ngcompl i antwi t hPCIDSSmeanst hatacompanyi sdoi ngi t sbestt okeepcust omer s val uabl ei nf or mat i onsaf eandsecur e.I fabusi nessl osesacust omer ’ scar ddat ai . e.suf f er sadat abr eachandi snotPCIDSScompl i ant ,t heycoul di ncurf i nesf ort hedat al oss andbel i abl ef ort hef r audcost si ncur r edagai nstt hesecar ds,nott oment i ont her eput at i onalandbr anddamage. 2. Yourphonepayment s–nol ongert heweakestl i nk ThesamePCIDSSgui del i nesal sosetoutr equi r ement sf orcal lcent r eswhent aki ng payment s.Theneedf ormanycont actcent r est or ecor dcal l s,f orsecur i t yandt r ai ni ng pur poses,makespr ot ect i ngt hedat amor edi f f i cul t .Butbycompl yi ngwi t ht hePCIDSS st andar ds,compani escanachi evet hesecur i t yl evel sr equi r ed.

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