On January 28, in the United States, Canada, Europe and other countries of the world, the International Day for the Protection of Personal Data, whose goal has become proven to privacy, familiarize with the methods of information protection and assistance to users when violating the right to protect personal information. On the history of the holiday and how to protect yourself and information about yourself on the Internet - in the material 24cm.
history of the holiday
The history of the holiday, which in some countries is called the day of privacy, began in 2006: April 26, the Committee of Ministers of Europe decided to establish Data Privacy Day. On the same day, in 1981, the Council of Europe signed the Convention "On Protection of Persons in connection with the automated processing of personal data", which became the first tool in this direction, who clarified the concept of personal data and identifying human rights to the inviolability of personal life. Marking the data protection day has become since 2007.
Ways to protect personal information on the Internet
One of the Soviets is to analyze the information you posted about yourself on the Internet. Often, users themselves do not think about security and post a lot of extra details in social networks. Delete or limit the access to photos, addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information. Turn on all available protective features in the settings and advanced security settings.
Do not send photos and videos about yourself, your friends, relatives and loved ones with whom you are familiar with the Internet and have not seen in real life. Also, fraudsters wake up or copy the pages of friends and relatives of the user to get valuable details and use with benefits for themselves. Do not press the "Allow" button when the installed application of dubious origin requests access to phone contacts and profiles of friends.
Use the password manager or invent the original and complex code for accounts and mailboxes, personal computer and smartphone. Most users neglect this item and use simple and short passwords. Do not use the same code to access various social networks and services, it will not be superfluous. Delete accounts, pages and mailboxes that do not intend to use. Hacked mail stores a lot of personal information and will become a find for intruders.
Do not specify passport names and name on bulletin boards, forums and entertainment sites, come up with a pseudonym or nickname for each site where you register. So you will know where the fraudsters took information about you, and you will realize that you are cheating. Start at least two mailboxes - private for correspondence with friends and public for forums, social networks, chat rooms.
Do not follow the links from messages from unknown personalities, do not register on suspicious sites, do not specify and do not forward personal information, passwords from postal and accounts. Use extensions blocking the transition to dubious Internet resources.