Guide to Protecting Your Online Privacy: Practical Tips

Summary

This guide offers practical advice for protecting online privacy in today’s digital age. It addresses key topics such as:

• The importance of using secure and unique passwords for each account (Zabay & Casado, 2023).
• How to manage personal information shared on social media profiles.
• Precautions when interacting with strangers online.
• Measures to protect minors from risks like cyberbullying and grooming (Bisquerra, 2023).
• The importance of reporting online abuse and inappropriate behavior.
• Tips for safe browsing on devices and public networks.

The article emphasizes the need to be aware of privacy risks when using the internet, social media, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. It provides practical recommendations to help users protect their personal information and navigate more securely (Murrugarra Retamozo, 2024). It also discusses how new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, can pose additional threats to privacy if appropriate security measures are not implemented (Borrero Neninger & Ponce Guerrero, 2023).