Consumer Privacy Guide Top Steps

Top Things You Can Do To Protect Your Privacy

There are steps you can take—right now—to protect your privacy. This list offers practical advice about steps you can take and points you toward resources that can help you take them.

• Look for and read privacy policies on the Web.
  
• If you are using email at work, get a separate account for your personal email.
  
• Talk to your children about getting your permission before giving out information online.
  
• Clear your computer's memory after browsing.
  
• Make sure that online forms are secure.
  
• Reject unnecessary cookies.
  
• Use anonymous remailers.
  
• Encrypt your email.
  
• Use anonymizers while browsing.
  
• Opt-out of third party information sharing.
  
• Think twice about filling out and submitting contest entries.
  
• Don't give companies more information than you have to.
  

Extra! Use common sense.