Just as in real life we take some reservations to meet a person and you value what information is appropriate to give and what not, social networking is convenient to have this too.
Social networks allow us to relate to groups of friends and with people from all over the world. Portals such as, MySpace and Facebook, among others, create links between users by allowing them to share ideas and interests. However, do not forget that you must always maintain high levels of privacy to safeguard your personal information. Only give access to people who need it, in this way you will avoid the misuse of personal data, photos, videos and more, by third parties.
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Learn to properly set privacy levels with the following guidelines that we provide:
Privacy is a major concern; it is defined as a third party access to information published by the same user. Cybercriminals, meanwhile exchange information (personal data, links, files); and use their wiles to identity theft.
It is you who set the limits of your privacy?
It is important to think about the privacy on social networks before opening an account and share our personal information. When you open an account on a social network, we are asked to enter some personal information, which along with other contributions can reveal much about our person. You should think before you post and make use of the right to privacy. Rate what information you want to reveal and control who can access it.
Control your contact list
The most common is to share information between a user group and not to the overall network. Rate who you want to share information with, and set privacy options accordingly.
Before adding new people to the social network, think that the user can see your personal information and photos, send messages and so on. Take your time to ensure that your privacy settings are all in order and offer confidence.
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in Social Networks
It is advisable to read the privacy policies and make use of the various services before using them. Note that third-party applications that can be used within social networks, and they have their own settings, therefore they can access information you have previously set as personal.
You will notice that in some social networks if you choose to include information about your tastes, hobbies and preferences, could lead to a barrage of unwanted publicity regarding these data.
Protect yourself from identity theft. Many of the social networks contain the same applications used by attackers to spread viruses.
It is worth noting the following tips to minimize risks of fraud –
Do not trust. Attackers collect personal information on the user profile with which to improve their deceptions based on social engineering.
Learn to recognize fraudulent messages. Not only supplant commercial banks, but they also capture your login credentials to social networks too.
If you receive spam from a contact, apart from not follow the links that can lead to malicious pages, notify that you may have a virus.
Similarly, if you indicate that spam is being sent from your own account, change your password and scan your computer with an antivirus.
Use strong passwords
Some networks offer the ability to locate friends through email contact list, but we must provide them with the associated passwords. Rate that there is also a risk that can access your messages.
Avoid abuse
Adjust the security settings to your desired level of privacy. Be cautious about posting and sharing personal information. Especially information that could be used to identify or locate a user off the Internet: address, phone, photos of your house, etc. Block and report anyone posting spam or inappropriate content. Informs users and content editors that there are violations of the Terms of Use in the network.
Be Safe!
