Internet
Protect your data, your devices and your identity. Because the internet is easily accessible to anyone, it can be a dangerous place. Know who you're dealing with or what you're getting into. Predators, cyber criminals, bullies, and corrupt businesses will try to take advantage of the unwary visitor. Unknown
Cyber crimes involve scammers using the internet to steal personal information or trick unsuspecting victims out of money. There are a wide range of ways that these attacks can be committed, including emails from people claiming to be from the government, someone asking for money on a dating site, or fraudulent sales on online shopping websites. The end goal is to fraudulently take your money or personal data. To protect yourself, learn how to spot cyber crimes and find out which government agencies you can report them to if you’ve already lost money to a scammer online.
Here are some things you can do to stay safe while surfing the web:
1. Make sure your internet connection is secure
2. Choose strong passwords
3. Enable multi-factor authentication where you can
4. Keep software and operating systems up-to-date
5. Check that websites look and feel reliable
6. Review your privacy settings and understand privacy policies
7. Be careful where you click
8. Make sure your devices are secure
9. Don’t share personal information
10. Double-check and verify links before you click on them
11. Use secure public Wi-Fi
12. Use a VPN
13. Only log into sites that start with https://
14. Be careful who you chat with
15. Turn off your Bluetooth when not in use .
16. Use antivirus software .
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Do not use public WI-Fi.
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Check your credit report at least once a year
Store documents quickly and easily with access anytime anywhere by using cloud computing or online filing cabinet access with internet connection like google drive or Icloud. You can store in your smartphone documents for free like copies of passports, financial statements, driver's license, credit cards. You take a picture with your phone and use an app that allows it to convert it into a PDF file.
While traveling.... create a fake digital persona when booking travel or making online transaction. Use a disposable phone number like in google voice that will give you a temporary phone number and a throw away email that you use only when you are booking online. If hackers steal the database they will steal a worthless piece of information
Keep your home and work address private by using Physical Address which gives you a virtual address and mail box service for a fee and allows you to keep your home and address private.
On a trip make sure that your laptop is encrypted, back up your data, install applications updates and delete all data in your machine that you no longer need.
Use privacy filters on your laptop to make sure people sitting next to you in the lobby cannot see what is going on.
Lock your devices when not using them
Attach a protector to your USB cord so people cannot skim data by doing it electronically
If you need to use documents online minimize the amount of time and the number of documetns you have open in any given moment
keep your voice down ...people are eavesdropping
Don't leave confidential documents unattended
Use 2 factor authentication when working online
use a credit card that you only use online or use pay-pal
when traveling don't pose pictures online of were you are headed or of your tickets or boarding passes and never leave them in your hotel or airplane... shred them.. destroy them
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Google allows you to control what information is there and you can wipe out your data. Got to myactivity.google.com were you will be able to see everything google has on you and you have the right to wipe out everything google has on you from 90 days to 1.5 years.