Relationships/Beauty/Health
If you’re one of the millions of
people using MySpace, Facebook,
Hi5, YouTube or any number of the
other online websites that cater
to those who want an outlet to
express themselves, connect or reconnect with other people and the
like, you may be surprised at how
easily it is for anyone with internet
access to view your information,
including such details as, what
schools you attended, the names
and photos of your children, family
members, your car (license plate
and all), and even
(if available) to either allow only
people on your friend’s list or only a
select group of people on your network to view. You can do the same
with your blogs.
2) Edit the content that’s viewable online – by only presenting a
professional front online, you can
still relate your personal insight into
life’s events while not providing any
off-limit topics for the public to view.
You’ll want to avoid any sexually
explicit information as well as any
alcohol/drug related confessions or
photos, and very likely any racist, sexist, or other discriminatory
comments.
Protect Yourself Online
3) Monitor your profile contents
– This may include filtering and
deleting unwanted comments like
weird ads or potentially offensive or
revealing photo/graphic comments
left in your guestbook or comments
board.
4) Use only your professional email
address for job correspondence
– This also goes a long way to
protecting your profile information,
if you use your personal email address for the profile and then a separate professional email address
for any job or business related
prospects. Same goes for selecting
a screen name or account name.
photos you took at the New Year’s
Eve party a year ago when you had
your buzzed face on.
It’s great to be able to share these
more personal aspects of your life
with close friends and family, you
know, people you know and love,
but unless you are protecting yourself securely, you may be putting
yourself at risk. Risk of what, you
ask? Well, cree