Personal Privacy Tips
We have compiled a list of excellent tips on maintaining you and your
family's privacy in everyday life.
Around the House
- Get and use a good
home paper shredder
- Invest in a
locking mailbox
- Lock up valuable papers and statements.
- Do not leave passwords and other sensitive information out. Burglars
would love it!
- Shred old documents with a good paper shredder.
- Turn off your garage door opener when you go to bed.
- Take your name off your mailbox.
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Stop Junk Mail
- Read about how to
stop junk mail with detailed tips.
- Write or register online to the DMA (Direct Marketing Association)
opt-out.
- Write to list brokers and tell them you want to be removed.
- If you do business with a company, ask them to not distribute your
information.
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Telemarketers and Telephone Privacy
- Read in depth on how to
stop telemarketers and phone scams.
- Beware of international area code scams. Check the area code before
calling back - it may be a pay per call (you will get no notification
if it is).
- Do not put your phone number on a warranty card.
- Get listed on the national do-not-call registry.
- Opt out of credit card application phone calls.
- Consider getting an unlisted telephone number.
- Note that when you dial a toll-free number the other party can see
your phone number even if you have it blocked.
- Put *67 in front of your telephone number you dial so it will not
show up on the other party's caller id. This does not work for toll-free
calls.
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