5 Tips To Protect Yourself Online
This is a Guest Post from Caroline Davis, PR/Marketing technologist for Atlanta Lockmasters is a lover of all things social and digital. Caroline received her B.A. in Public Relations from The University of South Carolina.
With the exciting variety of social media platforms and the ability to share information in seconds with vastly different audiences, sometimes it’s easy to forget the risks the digital world exposes us to. A lack of consumer knowledge regarding the protection of an online identity can expose Internet users to unwanted situations. Although major security concerns to remember may seem obvious, other situations, even as discrete as targeted advertising, may never cross your mind as dangerous. We usually remember to lock our doors and monitor our surroundings, but what about protecting our social media accounts from malicious activity? (more…)