General Guidelines On Cyber Safety

• Do not give out identifying information such as your name, home address, or telephone number in a chat room. Even vital details like age, gender should never be divulged to anyone.
• Do not send your photograph to any one on the net unless you know the person well enough.
• Do not respond to messages or bulletin board items that are obscene, belligerent or threatening.
• Never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone who you have just ‘met’ on the Internet. In case you have to meet this person, make sure you have someone with you for the meeting. And inform someone of the person and place you will be going to. Remember, people online are not always who they seem to be.

If you ever get an email containing an embedded link, and a request for you to enter secret details, treat it as suspicious. Do not input any sensitive information that might help provide access to your bank accounts, even if the page appears legitimate. No reputable company ever sends emails of this type.

Virus warnings are a very common occurrence in the mail box. While you shouldn’t take these warnings lightly, a lot of times, such warnings are hoaxes and will do moe harm than good. Always check the story out by visiting an anti-virus site such as McAfee, Sophos or Symantec before taking any action, including forwarding them to friends and colleagues.