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ORLANDO, Fla. - Consumers in the market to buy a used car or truck and using the Internet to research makes and models of vehicles can now use technology to go a step further. Dealer Specialties, a leading provider of data, photo and video collection services, descriptive used-vehicle window stickers...

Data from CERT, a government funded organization designed to assist IT professionals in securing their systems, show that the number of system vulnerabilities being reported has gone up just about every year since 1995. As systems get more complex and hackers more sophisticated, the trend doesn't look to be slowing...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Nathan Conyers didn't mince words when he spoke to dealers and factory representatives at the first NADA breakfast for minority dealers. Conyers, the owner of a Jaguar dealership in Novi, Mich. told attendees that any auto company that's tempted to put its minority dealer program on the...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Technology Credit Union has completed converting its entire base of active online bankers to a two-factor, two-way authentication system designed to assure the tech-savvy membership of their online security while meeting new federal guidelines. The $1.1 billion CU is one of the first financial institutions to...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Universal Underwriters Insurance Company unveiled a new Compliance Action Plan (CAP) for dealers to help them comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Universal Underwriters Insurance developed the new CAP with Member Benefits Services Inc., Continental-National Services Corp. and Dealership Defense LLC. Under GLB, the FTC implemented the FTC...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - PSECU wants members to know that any e-mails they receive from PSECU are legitimate. Working with its e-mail vendor, DocuMatix, PSECU created a four-digit "unique identifier" code to appear on e-mails that are either promotional in nature or are sent as part of PSECU's "e-Alerts" service. Only...