Thursday, November 19, 2009
- Don't reply to an email, text, or pop-up message that asks for private or financial information, and don't click on links in the communication. If you want to go to a bank or business's website, kind the web address into your browser yourself.
- Don't reply if you get a message by email, text, pop-up or phone that asks you to call a phone number to inform your account or give your personal information to access a repay. If you want to reach an organization with which you do business, call the number on your financial statement, or use a phone directory.
- Some identity thieves have stolen personal information starting many people at once, by hacking into large databases managed by businesses or management agencies. While you can't have the benefits of the Internet without distribution some personal information, you can take steps to share only through organizations you know and hope. Don't give out your personal information unless you first locate out how it's departing to be used and how it will be protected.
- If you are shopping online, don't provide your personal or economic information through a company's website until you have checked for indicators that the site is safe, like a lock icon on the browser's status bar or a website URL to begins "https:" (the "s" stands for "secure"). Unfortunately, no pointer is foolproof; some scammers have forged safety icons. And some hackers have managed to break sites that took suitable security precautions.
- Understand site privacy policies. They should give details what personal information the website collects, how the information is used, and whether it is provided to third parties. The privacy policy and should tell you whether you have the right to observe what information the website has about you and what security measures the company takes to protect your information. But you don't see a privacy policy or if you can't understand it consider liability business elsewhere.
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