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Email and Internet Safety
Your email and internet use is a wonderful resource, but can carry a lot of useful and private information. It is important that you are always aware of what sites you are visiting and what emails you are opening. There are many ways that you can be scammed and not even realize it. Listed below are some tips to help protect you in both email and internet use.
Email Safety Tips
1) Change your password regularly
2) Do not use common passwords (birthday, anniversaries, addresses)
3) Do not share your password with anyone
4) Do not share personal information through email
5) Your banks or financial advisor will not ask for account information through email.
6)Do not open attachments from individuals you do not know
7) Do not open or reply to chain emails.
8) You will not be randomly selected to win the lottery through email ;)
("Email Safety Tips | Quick & Essential Advice", 2018)
Internet Safety Tips
1) Keep your personal information personal
2) Keep your privacy setting on at all times
3) Know the sites you are visiting
4) Do not get tricked into downloading something you were not aware of
5) Make online purchases carefully and through reliable sites
6) Make sure no-one can access your internet browser
7) Keep your anti-virus programs up to date
8) Be careful who you meet online. If it seems to good to be true then it probably is.("Top 10 Internet Safety Rules & What Not to Do Online", 2018)
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References
Email Safety Tips | Quick & Essential Advice. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.digitalunite.com/guides/email/email-safety-tips
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Top 10 Internet Safety Rules & What Not to Do Online. (2018). Retrieved from https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/preemptive-safety/top-10-internet-safety-rules-and-what-not-to-do-online
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