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6 Essential Strategies to Safeguard Your Online Privacy

In an age where personal information is often at risk, it’s crucial to take proactive steps to protect your online privacy. This guide outlines six major ways to enhance your privacy: 1) Learn to clear your browsing history and cookies; 2) Familiarize yourself with app privacy settings; 3) Recognize and avoid spam emails; 4) Create and protect a primary email address; 5) Be cautious when revealing personal information; and 6) Avoid "reward for information" websites. Follow these steps to secure your digital presence effectively.

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6 Essential Strategies to Safeguard Your Online Privacy

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  1. How To Preserve Online Privacy

  2. 6 Major Ways To Protect Privacy • 1.) Learn to Clear Browsing History • 2.) Familiarize Yourself with Privacy Settings for Applications • 3.) Recognize and Avoid Spam Email • 4.) Create Primary Email Address And Protect It • 5.) Be Cautious About Revealing Personal Information • 6.) Avoid “Reward for Information” Websites.

  3. Learn To Clear Browsing History • Deleting cookies is easy to do. • Internet Explorer: Tools  Delete History and Cookies • Firefox: Tools  Clear Private Data • Safari go to Preferences Security Show Cookies Remove All.

  4. Familiarize Yourself with Privacy Settings for Applications • Applications may disclose private and sensitive information. • This information may be used for marketing purposes or identity theft and fraud. • Most of this can be avoided by: • Only installing applications and software from a trusted source/developer • Configuring Privacy Settings for each application • Limiting the amount of information you provide, or setting up an alternate online identity used for trivial tasks.

  5. Recognize And Avoid Spam Emails • Email spam, aka junk email or unsolicited bulk email, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by emails. • Cyber criminals use spam to deliver deceptive phishing emails. • Many spam emails contain URLs to a website or websites or pretend to be from a trusted company. • eBay, • Credit Card Companies • Pharmacies

  6. Create Primary Email Address And Protect It • Create email address that it not related to work or an ISP • Protecting this primary email address: • Install comprehensive PC Security Package • Be cautious when opening attachments • Keep an eye out for phishing scams • Do not reply to spam • Create strong passwords • Never enter information into a pop-up advertisement

  7. Be Cautious About Revealing Personal Information • Social, Business, or Romantic Networking Websites • Marketing Agencies • Sweepstakes • Personality/ IQ Quizes

  8. Avoid “Reward for Information” Websites. • Limit amount of personal information given to websites: • Never leak information to For-Profit Organizations • Be skeptical • Evaluate your settings

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