Privacy is our right to control what happens with
personal information about us.
Internet privacy violation risks may be minimized, as follows:
- Always
use preventative software applications, such as anti-virus, anti-malware,
anti-spam and firewalls
- Avoid
shopping on unreliable websites
- Avoid
exposing personal data on websites with lower security levels
- Clear
the browser's cache and browsing history on a consistent basis
- Always
use very strong passwords consisting of letters, numerals and special
characters
Password protection
- · Never give out your password to anyone
- · Don’t just use one password.
- · Create passwords that are easy to remember but hard for others to guess.
- · Make the password at least 8 characters long.
- · Include numbers, capital letters and symbols.
- · Don’t fall for “phishing” attacks.