General Protection
Read our free, impartial safety advice on protecting yourself when online.
Behaving Respectfully Online
One of the most important things about any community is that its members maintain respect for others in that community. That’s whether it’s a club, business, suburb or city. Or the virtual community of 4.8 billion internet...
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence - frequently abbreviated to AI - is a technology that is built on models which are trained on either a set amount of data or data available on the internet, depending on how the program has been...
Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication – often abbreviated to 2FA – is when a second step is added to the process of logging into your online accounts which require confidentiality, as an additional security layer. These include your...
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Virtual Private Networks all perform the same basic service: providing end-to-end encryption for any data sent through them. This encryption does not stop your data from being intercepted … but merely means that the person...
Victim Support
Being a victim of any cybercrime – be it fraud or personal identity theft to online abuse, stalking or paedophilia – can be a difficult and frightening thing to deal with, especially as the identity of the perpetrator is...
Digital Legacies
When people die, they leave their physical assets and money to beneficiaries who could be family members, friends or acquaintances or favourite charities. This is arranged beforehand by making a will or – if there is no will...
Accepting Terms & Conditions
When using the internet, you are frequently required to accept Terms & Conditions before proceeding with shopping, banking, downloading and other tasks....
Privacy
Maintaining privacy whilst online is essential in avoiding identity theft and fraud. Apart from these risks, however, there is personal information about you which you undoubtedly do not want to reveal to certain other people....
Passwords
How secure is your password? Your passwords are the most common way to prove your identity when using websites, email accounts and your computer itself (via User Accounts). The use of strong passwords is therefore essential in...
Safe Internet Use
The internet has revolutionised the way we live our lives – enabling us to read the news, enjoy entertainment, carry out research, book our holidays, buy and sell, shop, network, learn, bank and carry out many other everyday...
