The number one concern when using
technology today is keeping personal information safe. Stay Safe Online has
posted an article with the top three tips for keeping your personal information
safe. Although it is impossible to avoid all risks, there are many simple steps
you can take that will ease your mind and lower the risks of safety threats.
1. Review
privacy policies: most companies begin gathering information about us as soon
as we view their websites. Some of this information is used to give you a
better shopping or browsing experience, but sometimes this information can be
used or even sold without your knowledge or permission. Stay
Safe Online reports that “all organizations are not required by either
state laws or federal guidelines to have easily accessible privacy statement or
policies that provide specific information about on what data is collected, how
it is collected, how it is going to be used, and if they will be sharing
information with any other organizations”. Before you provide any information
to a new website, read their privacy policy!
2. Check
out as a guest: Most websites give you an option to create a log-in or check
out as a guest. To avoid giving out personal information, check out as a guest.
3. Save
online shopping for your computer: Security solutions are not as advanced for
mobile devices as they are for computers. Stay
Safe Online reports that “mobile malware has grown by as much as 3,000
percent in the last year”.
If you have any questions about cyber
security, please contact us!
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