No financial institution or legitimate company will contact you by phone or email to ask for your social security number, credit card number or other personal information.

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Drivers can opt to send the Glympse to other users via the app, using the phone's existing contact list, or their personal social media feeds (Facebook and Twitter).

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Be aware that the IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email or social media channels to request personal or financial information or notify people of an audit, refund or investigation.

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The IRS will never contact you through email or ask you online for your Social Security number to verify your identity.

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For customer service or contact centers managers, the evaluation and selection process for social customer care is a harrowing and potentially career-limiting move.

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ChildLine said it also helped 1, 654 children who were "in crisis" to contact the ambulance service, police, social services or children's homes to get immediate help.

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In a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, Patton explained how a piece of free software he'd created can automatically comb social networking sites, collecting and aggregating data based on keywords or other information like contact information, friends, and personal history.

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Corporate trainer Michelle Kruse says that as an introvert, she used to look down at her notes during meetings, or "hang out by the food" at social gatherings, partly because she felt uncomfortable making eye contact.

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In solitary -- also called "the box" and "the hole" by prisoners, or euphemistically, "segregation" and "special housing" by corrections officials -- inmates have virtually no social contact, except for occasional transactions with guards.

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