How to safeground our personal and financial data?

The Internet is not a safe place because it is a public network that connecting millions of computers throughout the world. Data is sent back and forth through various servers through which personal and information and financial data are housed. When we surf the internet or register to become a member, the procedure we need is to fill in some personal information. The information is including name, date of birth, gender, address, telephone, e-mail address, occupation and interests. Although most of the website has provided the privacy and security to user, hackers still have the ability to intercept and use that information, such as credit card numbers and expiry dates, to falsely do transactions.

Here are some tips for you on how to safeguard our personal and financial data:
1. Create passwords and PINs that would be hard for others to guess. And if possible, use a combination of numbers and letters.

2. Do not reveal any personal information or particularly passwords to anyone. After using any of the Financial Data Center or member services, must remember to log out properly before leaving the Financial Data Center.

3. Install antispyware and antivirus software. Symantec, Norton and Avg antivirus are popular software use by computer users. Its clean computer and protect personal information, financial data and etc.

4. Resist using free wireless connections — particularly in cafes, airports and other public places — to check personal information.

5. Use your own computer, instead of a work or public machine, to access financial and other sensitive personal information.

6. Avoid clicking on pop-up ads or downloading information from unknown sites.

7. Keep credit cards to a minimum. Only keep the ones you actually use and destroy any that you no longer use by shredding them.

8. Log out using dedicated links — rather than simply closing the account window — when conducting transactions or updating information online.


All people should cooperate between each other to prevent reveal our own or consumer personal and financial data.