 |
| Protecting data from spy |
Following few steps to protect our personal information:
1. Knowing
our privacy rights.
2. Reading
the privacy policies and notices.
3. Always
thinking while giving the personal information out.
4. Avoiding
access to our personal information.
5. Making
sure that the information we provide to the organization is secure or not.
6. Destroy
the hard copies properly.
There is lot of difference between keeping data
safely and securely. The above mentioned steps are used to keep the data
securely and privacy. The below following steps are keeping the data safely.
10 expert ways to keep your information safely:
1. STORE
ICO (Information
Commissioner’s Office, an independent authority set up to uphold information
rights in the public interest) advises to “store any documents carrying your
personal details, such as your passport, driving licence, bank statements and
utility bills in a safe place”.
2. SHRED
Shred or destroy the
personal items that are throwing away, such as bills, receipts or bank
statements,that show your name, address or other personal details.
3. SEND SAFELY
Posting the personal
documents, by asking the post office for advice on the most secure method.
4. CHANGE PASSWORDS
Using different
passwords and PINs for different accounts and take extra care when using public
computers to access your personal information.
5. DON'T SHARE
Always think about who
you are giving your information to. Be cautious about providing any personal
details to unsolicited callers by phone, fax, post, email or in person, unless
you are sure they person is who they say they are. If you are suspicious, ring
the organisation back on an advertised number or visit their website.
6. STOP SPYWARE
“Buy a good
anti-virus, firewall and anti-spam software package to protect your computer
against viruses and any spyware software which can be used to obtain personal
details.” says our expert.
7. PROTECT YOUR TEXTS
TigerText allows
text-message senders to set a time limit from one minute to 30 days after which
the text disappears from the company’s servers on which it is stored and
therefore from the senders’ and recipients’ phones.
8. DESTROY DATA
Researchers at the
University of Washington are developing a technology called Vanish that makes electronic data ‘self-destruct’ after
a specified period of time. Instead of relying on Google, Facebook or Hotmail
to delete the date on their servers, Vanish does the job.
9. GO OFFSHORE
Some companies, such
as Connectinprivate.com,
offer ‘anonymous and non-traceable offshore browsing’ for £5 a month. It’s done
via a virtual private network, or VPN, which connects to the internet on your
behalf so web services think you’re located in Canada, for example, rather than
London. The VPN knows where you are, but in keeping with Canadian law, keeps no
log of your activity.
10. UPDATE YOUR BROWSER
Microsoft plans to increase privacy options in
the upcoming version of its Web browser Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), including the
ability to prevent tracking by third-party websites