Digital Privacy Tips

Digital privacy is not something that happens on its own. In fact, digital privacy takes effort and it gets easier when good digital cyber hygiene is practiced. A good starting point for anyone wanting to improve their digital privacy stance and reduce their digital risk, is right here! Digital privacy tips don’t have to be time consuming or complicated. Start small. Change your digital habits and rest easier as you improve your digital privacy stance with these digital privacy tips:

  • Social Media Privacy Settings
    • Check the settings area of your favorite social media platform. Is your account set to “public”? If so, it may be a better digital privacy choice to set it to “private”. Need more help? Click here for more guidance.
  • Social Media Best Practices
    • Remove people that you do not personally know or accounts that are suspicious or have been compromised.
    • Think before you post. Sharing location data and vacation data may encourage criminals to target your unoccupied property at home.
    • Posting pictures of children? Don’t. Posting pictures of children increases their risk for identity theft, exploitation, bullying, and non-consensual marketing use. For more details read one of these articles. Article 1, Article 2, Article 3
  • Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) or Two-step Verification (TSV) or Two-factor Authentication (TFA)
  • Delete Yourself From People Finders

While there are other things you can do to protect yourself, start small. Stay smart by protecting your digital privacy with other good cyber hygiene tips at OPA.