Calls, emails and WhatsApp messages are just some of the channels that criminals are using more and more, with the aim of obtaining information from people that allows them to directly defraud or steal the money they have in the bank.
At this, the Reserve Bank offers some recommendations to take care of your financial information. The first thing is that you do not allow that lack of time or awareness makes you easy targets for hackers, so do not accept the “Terms and conditions of use” of the applications and pages, without even having read the first paragraph.
In addition, before accepting, read the “Privacy Policy or Declaration” of the websites you visit and purchase in order to ensure the treatment they will give to personal data.
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Another indicator of the vulnerability to which users are exposed is that they put simple and easy-to-decipher passwords, for example, their car registration, the name of the dog, the date of birth of children and relatives, numbers and meaningful expressions in the lives of people, which is a great weakness for the security of your information.
Some practices to increase the security of your personal and financial information:
Know with whom and where you share your informationsince one of the most common forms of data theft is through files, email forms and contact requests through profiles and false accounts on social networks.
Safely store your personal information. If you change your electronic devices (laptop, mobile or tablet) make sure to permanently delete all existing information on them. You can use the factory reset option of the device or use wiper programs to overwrite and wipe all the internal storage of these devices, such as phone and address book, call lists, voice files, texts, search history, photos , etc.
Ask questions before deciding whether to share your personal data. It is advisable to ask the type of identification you need, what you need it for, how you will use it, what security measures you use and if you have other alternatives (such as returning the call to the official telephone number) if you do not provide said information.
Maintain an appropriate level of security on computers and electronic devicesdo not save your passwords in browsers, install antivirus programs and firewalls and configure them to update frequently.
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