Alev Akkoyunlu, Operations Director of Laykon Bilişim, the Turkey distributor of Bitdefender Antivirus, shared 28 suggestions for the protection of personal data for the 5 January Data Protection Day. Aiming to raise awareness for data privacy protection, January 28 is Data Protection Day, an extremely important day as it encourages users to stick to the best cybersecurity solutions to ensure their security and privacy. Alev Akkoyunlu, Operations Director of Laykon Bilişim, the Turkey distributor of Bitdefender Antivirus, shared 28 suggestions for the protection of personal data for the 5 January Data Protection Day.
“Using smart passwords and having a password manager will protect your data”
When it comes to defending your privacy, using a reliable password manager improves your overall privacy by helping you detect fake websites that can scam you or steal your personal information. In addition to creating strong and unique passwords for your digital accounts, activating 2FA (double factor authentication) will make your security more robust.
“You can ensure your privacy with VPN”
Every time you go online to shop, surf the web or watch your favorite show, you can be tracked by hackers. Using a VPN protects you against man-in-the-middle attacks and possible attacks from dangerous Wi-Fi hotspots, prevents you from being tracked in the virtual environment and helps protect your personal data. A VPN will protect you whenever you are online, as it encrypts your traffic and prevents your online activity from being tracked by cyber attackers.
“You can protect your digital identity with digital identity protection solutions”
Since we live in a cyber world, all of our personal data is stored on the internet and turns into a digital identity. This digital identity, which we create and expand every time we go online, can pose serious privacy risks that threaten our financial security. Cybercriminals can create digital copies of you using your personal information. By intercepting your information, they can gain access to your online account and additional sensitive information, just as you do, and do even more harm. You can control your digital identity by using award-winning antivirus solutions with digital identity protection such as Bitdefender Antivirus.
“The most effective way to protect against cyber threats is the use of antivirus solutions”
There are many ways to protect your online privacy, such as limiting the amount of information you voluntarily share, tightening your privacy settings, guarding against potential cyber threats, and being vigilant. But when it comes to protecting your devices and data from cyber threats, no alternative can replace a solid antivirus solution. Antivirus solutions are extremely effective to protect against all types of cyber attacks, including ransomware attacks, Trojans, phishing attacks, and spyware.
“Installing and using unfamiliar applications may cause us to share our personal data unknowingly in the background”
We should be more careful when choosing the applications we use and we should clean up by removing the applications that we do not use at certain periods from our devices. In addition, it may be an important step for us to review the settings of the applications we actively use, such as address book, camera and microphone access. At least giving access permissions during use will be beneficial for users.
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