1. How To Preserve Online Privacy

2. 6 Major Ways To Protect Privacy  1.) Learn to Clear Browsing History  2.) Familiarize Yourself with Privacy Settings for Applications  3.) Recognize and Avoid Spam Email  4.) Create Primary Email Address And Protect It  5.) Be Cautious About Revealing Personal Information  6.) Avoid “Reward for Information” Websites.

3. Learn To Clear Browsing History  Deleting cookies is easy to do.  Internet Explorer: Tools  Delete History and Cookies  Firefox: Tools  Clear Private Data  Safari go to Preferences  Security  Show Cookies  Remove All.

4. Familiarize Yourself with Privacy Settings for Applications  Applications may disclose private and sensitive information.  This information may be used for marketing purposes or identity theft and fraud.  Most of this can be avoided by:  Only installing applications and software from a trusted source/developer  Configuring Privacy Settings for each application  Limiting the amount of information you provide, or setting up an alternate online identity used for trivial tasks.

5. Recognize And Avoid Spam Emails  Email spam, aka junk email or unsolicited bulk email, is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by emails.  Cyber criminals use spam to deliver deceptive phishing emails.  Many spam emails contain URLs to a website or websites or pretend to be from a trusted company.  eBay,  Credit Card Companies  Pharmacies

6. Create Primary Email Address And Protect It  Create email address that it not related to work or an ISP  Protecting this primary email address:  Install comprehensive PC Security Package  Be cautious when opening attachments  Keep an eye out for phishing scams  Do not reply to spam  Create strong passwords  Never enter information into a pop-up advertisement

7. Be Cautious About Revealing Personal Information  Social, Business, or Romantic Networking Websites  Marketing Agencies  Sweepstakes  Personality/ IQ Quizes

8. Avoid “Reward for Information” Websites.  Limit amount of personal information given to websites:  Never leak information to For-Profit Organizations  Be skeptical  Evaluate your settings