Social networking

Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn are a great way to keep in contact with friends and update professional associates. Unfortunately they also offer cyber criminals another way to gather information about you. To protect yourself while using these social networking sites:

• Make sure your profile pages are only accessible to people you trust and not to the general public by customising the security settings
• Never publish personal or sensitive information such as your birthday, drivers license number, tax file number or bank account details
• Don’t publish contact details such as your home address or phone number
• Use a different email address if you want to publish this online