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What other steps can I take to protect my privacy online?
The internet offers many opportunities and have a lot of useful information and resources that are available at your fingertips. Use these precautions to make your web surfing experience a safe and enjoyable one.
1. Before you enter personally identifying information like your name, email address, credit card info, and other similar sensitive information, check to see if the website has a privacy policy page. If it is missing a privacy page, leave the site and find a similar site or service that has a policy protecting your personal information. Don't take the risk of identity theft or worse with untrusted or shady sites. If they didn't bother to formulate and enforce a privacy policy, they aren't worth trusting with your sensitive information.
2. Do not leave personal information that you aren't comfortable disclosing. If you feel the information being requested is way too intrusive or personal or irrelevant to the service or content you're trying to get from the site, leave the website and try to find a similar website that asks fewer prying questions.
3. When using social networking sites or forums or chat sites, make sure to put some thought into what you're posting. Search engines are extremely powerful and can dig up random posts and messages on the internet. If you don't want your identity know when posting to public forums or publicly accessible areas, use a newly created email address and account with no personally identifying information.
4. If you're using an “always on” network connection, make sure to install and maintain a firewall. Firewall software prevents your computer from hacking and remote attacks.
5. Manage your passwords responsibly. Do not use the same password among all websites you join. Make sure that the password you use for encrypted or secure sites are different from less secure sites you visit. Don't use the same password you use for your credit cards or bank accounts for your online accounts and vice versa.
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What other steps can I take to protect my privacy online?
The internet is a powerful tool that used correctly is safe, easy and fast. So let your fingers do the hard work while you sit back and browse through a virtual library or high street from the comfort of your keyboard. But do be mindful and take a few basic precautions.
- Before entering any personal data such as email address, credit card details, check the privacy policy of the site you are visiting. If there is no privacy policy, go elsewhere.
- Do not provide more personal data than you are comfortable with. If you feel the questions are too intrusive, go elsewhere.
- Think before putting your personal details on a public site such as a bulletin board or chat room. Set up a different email address for such uses.
- Where you are permanently connected to the internet use a firewall to protect your computer and personal information from online attacks.
- Be Smart with passwords. Don't use the same password on an unsecured site that is used on a secured site. Don't use the same password for voice mail at work or at home. Don't use credit or debit card PIN number as a password.
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