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Preventing the
misuse of your
personal
information
- HTTP Cookie control
- Set browser permissions
to accept or reject
cookies
- Set browser to prompt you
each time a cookie is offered
- Set browser permissions
to accept or reject
cookies
- Phishing
- Golden rule: banks will
never contact you by email
asking for personal details
- Spotting phishing emails
- Impersonal greetings
- Tend to contain threats
- A URL that appears to be from the
bank but doesn't take you to the
bank website when clicked
- Request for personal
information
- Impersonal greetings
- Golden rule: banks will
never contact you by email
asking for personal details
- Preventing spyware
- Use a firewall
- Install spyware
protection software
- Be wary of downloading
popular 'free' music and
movie file-sharing programs
- Only download from
trusted sources
- Read all security warnings,
licence agreements and
privacy statements
- Never click 'Agree' or 'Ok' to
close the window of a website
you're not sure about. Use the
red 'X'
- Use a firewall
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