How to ensure safety of your personal internet data?
Posted on: 31/Jul/2017 4:48:08 PM
With an increasing trend of the cyber crimes, sufficient importance must be given to the aspect of keeping all personal data including financial accounts kept on the internet quite safe.
In the world of the internet, information is reckoned to be gold. This is the precise reason why the hackers show and make extra efforts to steal data. It is also true that such stolen data have great values in the current market.
According to the experts, the consideration of the safety of personal data on the net starts from what details do we share with the others.
Social networking sites
It is a general prevailing trend that most of the public, who open an account on the internet, especially in social networking services, tend to share a lot of their personal data on their social network – this must be avoided.
Only the basic data required to register as a member must be shared with others.
Online trading
It is advisable to share only the minimum possible details while buying items online. In this vein, it is also better to avoid keeping any data regarding credit card details or bank savings account details on the net. Only this step will ensure that even in the event of that site being hacked will not affect our individual data.
Safe passwords
It is better to get into the habit of creating strong and reliable password while browsing the net serves. The password should be so tough that none should be able to make any guess about it. Also, avoid using the same password for entering different websites.
Ensure the safety of the website
While browsing, it is better to ensure the use of only the safest websites. Please note that if the web address is HTTPS, it is protected and safe. Hackers would find it rather difficult to break into these websites. It is better, to especially ensure not using unsafe websites on occasions to use the credit or debit cards.
Cyber safety is in the users hands
- It is always better to exercise a certain level of control while sharing info online.
- Please note and take care not to share the telephone number or residential address on the net.
- Also, never save your credit/debit card data or savings account data in any website
- Never save any data related to credit card/debit card or bank savings account in any website
