How to keep yourselves safe on Social and other networks:

Gentlemen please spare few minutes to read it out. I will try to explain it as simple as possible!

As Social networking and other networks have  grown on this planet, It is always better to omit information about yourself rather than include it on your social media.The best way to protect yourself is to not make yourself vulnerable in the first place. Whenever you engage in social media, remember this what happenson the internet stays on the internet, and it's up to you to make sure what appears in connection with your name and image does not have the potential to harm you now or in the future. Nowadays, we've paid a price few saw come: the loss of individual privacy. The impulse to share has caused many of us to inadvertently expose ourselves in ways that can compromise our safety and security. While social networking sites may feel like an invitation only gathering of friends that's accessible 24*7, it's not necessarily a closed and safe universe. Others may be able to access your personal information without your knowledge.!
Today i will describe some important safety tips that can help you and your family to protect yourselves! please don't ignore these tips because i have seen the depth of griefs inconveniently!

1) Every time you use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tagged, Meetup,Flickr, Orkut, Tumblr, Pinterest, VK, Emails, Blogs or other Networks the government keeps a copy of your activities. Sounds crazy, but it's true. According to the Library of Congress blog: "Every public activity, ever, since Network's inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. Twitter processes more than 50 million tweets every day, with the total numbering in the billions." And experts predict the information will be searched and used in ways we can't even imagine.

2) You may think that you will delete your posts, images or any other activity but remember whenever you delete a thing from your account(s), it goes to archive section where they can be retrieved at any time.

3) Be cautious about using Geo-location services, Applications, Foursquare, or any method which shares where you're at.

4) Keep your privacy confidential. Keep your family safe, especially if you have a high profile position or work in a field that may expose you to high risk individuals. Some women have more than one social networking account, one for their professional/public lives and one that's restricted to personal concerns and only involves family and close friends. If this applies to you, make it clear to family/friends to post only to your personal account,not your professional page /account and don't let the names of spouses, children, relatives, parents, siblings appear there to protect their privacy. Don't let yourself be tagged in events, activities or photos that may reveal personal details about your life. If they show up, delete them first and explain later to the tagger and if you feel habitat to explain it to your tagger, go to your Settings and keep it turn on/off
better safe than habitat or Sorry.

5) If you must share your birthday, never keep the year visible in which you were born. Using the month and day doesn't matter, but adding the year provides an opportunity for identity theft.

6) Keep track of your Privacy Settings and check them on a regular basis or at least monthly. Do not think that the default setting will keep you safe.

7) If any of your family member are using Social Networks or any other account, try to check their activities regularly atleast once in a month.

8) Make it clear to family members that the best way of communicating with you is through private messaging or email, not posting on your wall or page. Often, relatives who are new to social media don't understand the difference between public and private conversations and how they take place Online. Don't hesitate to delete something that is too personal for fear of hurting someone's feelings, just make sure you message privately to explain your actions, or better yet, call on the phone.

9) Online games, quizzes, and other entertainment apps are fun, but they often pull information from your page and post it without your knowledge. Make sure that you know the guidelines of any app, game or service and do not allow it unfettered access to your information. Likewise, be cautious about responding to notes shared by friends along the lines of "10 Things You Didn't Know About Me." When you answer these and post them, you're revealing personal details about yourself that may enable others to figure out your address, your workplace, the name of your pet or your mother's maiden name (often used as an online security question), or even your password. Do enough of these over time and someone who is determined to learn all about you can read the answers, cross reference information obtained through your friends' pages, and glean a surprising amount from these seemingly casual revelations.

10) If you will be asked by a person who is personally known or unknown to you, about your Birth place, Maiden's name, what are your likes or dislikes or any other personal detail, don't share it at any cost as it can be used online for answering a security question to reset your Password.

11) Do not add unknown people in your friend list such as follower, subscriber or friend on your networks before review their info by looking the pages that they have liked, if you can't find any page liked by them, click on their friend list and check it out that what type of friends they have, if you can't find their friend lists due to their strict privacy,  click on their profile picture and check their friend's info, it can help you to identify their personality.

12) Do not use copy past as it's the violation of copy right and never upload any other photo that are you downloading from other websites, blogs or pages because some of them are protected by copy right and can put you at risk. if you feel that the photo that you are going to upload, is important for you, see the address of that photo at the bottom of photo and contact the owner to ask for permission or write few words that the photo or post belong to( Write the owner name). it sounds crazy but can put you behind the four walls of prison.!!

13) Before you sign up on a Network, read it's the terms and conditions patiently!