How to safeguard our personal and financial data?

8:31 PM / Posted by phaikyin@snowyin /

Hi, fellows! Today I'll provide some information on safeguarding to all of you. First of all, what does your personal and financial data mean to you? Is it only a name, age, address to you or your income, savings in banks, and money? As today’s technology is becoming more advance where online shopping and e-bill are becoming common to us, it also has opened up new opportunities for people to commit crime such as computer hacking and identity theft.

Never thought of crimes in the online world? Well, you should start aware of it now! Here are some tips to safeguard your personal and financial data:


Fend off “phishing”- Do not provide personal information through phone, mail or over the Internet, unless you know who you’re dealing with. Criminal may pose as representatives of banks, government agencies or popular online retailer and ask for your personal data through e-mails or by other means.

Shop at reputable online stores- You will need to provide personal data most of the time when you go for online shopping. Shopping at reputable stores such as Amazon.com and eBay may reduce the risk of stolen identities. Spending some time to research unsure internet site through the online Better Business Bureau before purchase online. On the other hand, it also ensures delivery of goods to your doorstep.
Check for latest security updates- Before giving your credit card information on an online retailer website, make sure your internet browser has all the latest security updates. Besides, ensuring the website that you are visiting is a secure server is also important because secure server is encrypted to protect any personal and financial information that you enter. There are several things that you have to look into to ensure the site is secure:
  1. The web address should start with “http://”.

  2. You should see a closed lock shown at the bottom of your computer screen.
  3. There should be a symbol of a key that is not broken.

Password protection- Always set a strong password to protect your access data and change the password once a while.



Install and update antispyware and antivirus programs- Install an antivirus program such as AVG antivirus, Norton antivirus, Kaspersky Antivirus and others to protect your computer from viruses that might steal or modify the data stored in your computer. In addition, scan the computer frequently to remove infected files.


Avoid clicking on pop-up ads or downloading information from unknown sites- Some of the pop-up ads itself is a virus, your computer will be infected once you click on it. Besides, a lot of video, images that available for download from some of the websites contained virus. Nowadays, even MSN messenger deliver virus through sending links which invite you to view something such as pictures.




So what are you waiting for? Let us start to prevent the outflow of our personal or financial data through internet right now!

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2 comments:

Comment by Our Moments on July 12, 2009 at 10:49 PM

We really have to be cautious of what we're sharing over the internet. When the technology is becoming more and more advance nowadays, the crimes are also increasing exponentially. Try to avoid doing any internet banking or any internet related transaction matters using public computers. If you were to do so, delete all the cookies in that computer before loging off.

Comment by phaikyin@snowyin on July 12, 2009 at 11:46 PM

Hey, thx for following the articles that I have posted. It is quite dangerous especially when we are purchasing online. Our credit cards information may easily get stolen. I agree with what you said, please do avoid doing financial related transaction using public computers or even friend's computer.

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