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31. Use pop-up blocking on browsers identify if your login information has
and consider private browsing when been part of a data hack or breach.
surfing the web. Erase your cookies It’s updated regularly, so enter your
regularly. email and find out which sites you
need to change the password for or
32. Do not store your payment info (e.g. simply delete accounts.
credit card numbers and addresses)
on online websites (e.g. Amazon, Regardless of which generation you belong
Flipkart, etc.). to, we all must face the reality of today’s
digital world where data breaches are on
33. Monitor text or email notifications of the rise and pose a very real threat to
credit card account & bank accounts our personal information. Yes, you too are
regularly to alert you to possible a Target but as a Gen-Z or a millennial,
fraudulent charges.
you have an advantage, you are tech-
34. Avoid checking ‘Keep me logged savvy, use that to your advantage and
in’ or ‘Remember me’ options make sure you’re doing everything you
on websites, especially on public can to protect your personal information.
computers. As promised (I do hope you have at
35. Keep separate email ids for social least skimmed through the 36 tips that
media and financial transactions. I have curated for you), here is the BIG
“Everything you want to know about
36. Last but not the least, assess your cybersecurity and are too lazy to search
digital footprint - Delete old accounts for” LIST.
that you do not use anymore.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/ can https://www.cyberdegrees.org/resources/the-big-list/

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