Online Life Safety Handbook: How to protect your personal privacy

Before submitting your email address or other personal information on the Internet, you should make sure that the privacy-related parts of the information you submit can be protected. To protect your identity and prevent attackers from easily obtaining more information about you, please avoid providing certain types of personal information on the network, such as your birthday and social security number.

How can you know that your privacy is protected?

Privacy Protection Agreement-Before submitting your name, email address, or other personal information on the Internet, please find the privacy protection agreement of the website. This agreement should state how your information will be used and whether it will be submitted to other organizations. Website companies sometimes share this information with partner vendors that provide related products, or partner vendors that offer subscription mailing list options. Look for instructions that indicate that you will be added to the mailing list by default-if you do not deselect these options, you may be set to receive unwanted spam. If you cannot find the privacy protection agreement on the web page, please contact the company before you submit any personal information to obtain the company's privacy protection agreement, otherwise go to find an alternative website. Privacy protection agreements are sometimes adjusted, so you may need to check them periodically.

Evidence that your information has been encrypted-In order to protect your information from being stolen by hackers, any personal information submitted on the network should be encrypted so that the information can only be read by the appropriate submission. Many websites use SSL or encrypted socket protocol layers to encrypt information. Evidence that your information will be encrypted includes URL links that start with "https:" instead of "http:" and the lock logo at the bottom right corner of the windows window (see "Deep Understanding of Website Certificates" for details information). Some websites will prompt whether the information will be encrypted when storing the information. If the data is encrypted during transmission, but it is stored insecurely, then if hackers can invade the manufacturer's system, then they can steal your personal information.

What other steps can be used to protect your personal privacy?

Only deal with reputable companies-before submitting any of your information on the network, please seriously consider answering the following questions: Do you believe this transaction? Is the other party an organization or company proven to have a good reputation? Is there a reminder on the other party's website regarding the privacy provisions for protecting user information? Does the other party's website provide legal contact information?

Do n’t use your primary email address when submitting information on the web-submitting your email address may result in spam. If you do n’t want your main email account to be flooded and undesirable information, please consider opening another email account specifically for the Internet (see "How to Reduce Spam Ads" for more information Details). Please make sure to log in to your account frequently, so that if the manufacturer sends a change to the privacy agreement, you can always know.

Avoid submitting credit card information on the Internet-some companies provide a phone number that you can call to submit your credit card information. Although this does not guarantee that your information will not be compromised, it at least excludes the possibility of being stolen by hackers during the process of submitting your information.

Focus on using one credit card when shopping online-In order to minimize the potential risk of hackers stealing your credit card information, please consider opening a credit card account specifically for online purchases. Keep the credit limit of the credit card account to a minimum to limit the total amount of consumption that the attacker can accumulate.

Avoid using debit cards for online shopping-Credit cards usually provide a variety of protections to prevent identity theft, and can limit the total amount of money you must be responsible for paying. However, debit cards do not provide such protection. Because the cash in the debit card will be deducted in an instant, when an attacker obtains your debit card information, you may be stolen all the deposits in your bank account even if you find it too late.