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Do Social Networking Sites Violate Your Privacy?
Social Networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo have become increasingly popular in the past few years, and millions of people in the...
How to Browse the Internet Anonymously
Is it possible to browse the internet anonymously? Do you really need to protect your information while surfing? And who’s watching you anyway?...
How to Choose and Protect Your Passwords
Once upon a time, all we had to remember was a four-digit pin number to access bank accounts via an ATM. The internet has changed our lives and...
How to Maintain Privacy in Google Desktop
The new Google Desktop combines desktop and web search functions in one convenient interface. So what’s the problem? It’s got the potential to...
Mobiles and Laptops as a Tracking Device
In today’s fast moving, fast paced society there are very few of us who do not own a laptop or a mobile telephone. In fact recent figures show...
Parental Controls For Internet Use
Educating your children is a great way to protect them for Internet use. But sometimes it’s just not enough. Internet use protection has several levels, from warning...
Personal Email Privacy
Ever received an email like the one below? Been tempted by cheap laptops or bombarded by widowed millionaires from Zimbabwe? Your email account is an easy target for...
Privacy From Google
Do you place unlimited trust in Google? When you use a search engine certain personal details are stored by the server. What exactly do they know about you from your...
Privacy When Internet Shopping
Are you an online shopoholic? Read this first. Handing out your email address falling foul of an insecure server, or forgetting to tick the box for ‘no further...
The UK National DNA Database And Your Privacy
Is your DNA recorded on a database somewhere? The UK's DNA database is the biggest national DNA database the world. And our Home Office wants...
Using Firewall and Virus Protection Software
For home PC users a firewall and anti-virus programme represent the bare minimum of security levels. What exactly do these programmes do? How do...
Using Personal Websites or Blogs
Are you a keen blogger? Online diaries or ‘blogs’ are the latest craze to sweep the nation capturing the imagination of anyone with anything to say for themselves....
Using Wireless Connections
What’s your Wi-Fi risk? If you connect to the internet using a wireless modem read this first. Wireless connections are cheap to buy and easy to set-up, but security...
What Are Computer Cookies And How To Protect Yourself From Them
Crisp and buttery or sneaky and cunning? It may be named after the Chinese delicacy but this cookie is far from innocent. While you surf the web...
Your Privacy When Using Social Networking Sites
Phishing, spamming and tracking are all live and kicking on social network sites. To avoid becoming a victim of online fraud, read our tips....
