Good to Know A guide to staying safe and secure online
Contents 1. How you can stay safe and secure online 1. How you can stay safe and secure online The Internet offers so many opportunities to explore, create and collaborate. But it’s important to keep yourself safe and secure, so you can make the most of it. 2. How you can protect your family online 3. Learn how Google helps protect you So what’s this all about? Google’s Good to Know aims to help you, your family and friends stay safe and secure on the Internet.
Secure your passwords Prevent identify theft Passwords are the first line of defense against cyber criminals. It’s crucial to pick strong passwords that are different for each of your important accounts and it is good practice to update your passwords regularly. Follow these tips to create strong passwords and keep them secure. Just as you wouldn’t give a burglar the key to your house, make sure to protect yourself from fraud and online identity theft.
Avoid scams Lock your screen or device No, you probably haven’t won the lottery. You can’t make that much working from home. And that deal really might be too good to be true. You wouldn’t go out for the day and leave your front door wide open, right? The same principle applies to the devices you use. You should always lock your screen when you finish using your computer, laptop or phone. The web can be a great place, but not everyone online has good intentions.
Use secure networks Know your Google security and privacy tools It’s good to be extra careful whenever you go online using a network you don’t know or trust – like using the free Wi-Fi at your local cafe. The service provider can monitor all traffic on their network, which could include your personal information. With Google, you have a variety of tools that can help keep you safe and keep your information private and secure.
Google Dashboard The Google Dashboard shows you what’s stored in your Google Account. From one central location, you can easily view and update your settings for services such as Blogger, Calendar, Docs, Gmail, Google+ and more. Ads Settings Ads help fund many of the free online services on the web you love and use every day. With Google’s Ads Settings, you can understand how ads are selected for you, control your information that is used to select ads, and block specific advertisers.
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2. How you can protect your family online We know how important it is to protect and educate young people on using the Internet and want to provide all of our users with a safe experience.
Family safety tools We build tools and controls into our products that help you manage your online experience. Google SafeSearch and Lock SafeSearch is designed to screen sites that contain sexually explicit content and remove them from your search results. While no filter is 100% accurate, SafeSearch helps you avoid content you may prefer not to see or would rather your children did not stumble across.
Reporting inappropriate content 3. Learn how Google helps protect you Several of our products, such as Google+, YouTube and Blogger, provide ways for you to create, post and share your own content. We’ve created tools that let you notify us if you find content that shouldn’t be on the site. Here’s a quick guide to reporting inappropriate content in some of our most popular products. The Internet is a great thing. But just like in the offline world, not everyone online has good intentions.
Helping combat identity theft Google uses a variety of technologies to help protect you from online identity theft and make sure your Google Account stays safe and secure. 2-step verification To bring even stronger levels of protection to your Google Account, we offer 2-step verification to our users. This tool adds an extra layer of security by requiring not just a password, but also a verification code to sign in to a Google Account.
Making the Internet safer for everyone Protecting users is a shared responsibility. We are all better off when everyone uses the best security technologies and techniques. Sharing expertise and tools Because your safety is important to us no matter what services or products you’re using, we share the information about the bad sites and links that we find with other companies, so that they can help protect their users as well. By working together and helping each other, the whole web is much safer.
For more information on how to stay safe online visit www.google.
