Email and Web Browser Privacy

The Internet is a great tool for not only accessing information quickly and easily but also for communicating with friends, family and colleagues. But did you know that anyone with physical access to your device or router can view what websites you’ve visited? And that every time you send an email, it is readable by anyone who has access to the digital chain between you and your recipient?

These problems can be minimized by enabling the in-private browsing mode on your web browser. Many of the most commonly used web browsers have their own name for private browser mode:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: InPrivate

• Google Chrome: Incognito

• Mozilla Firefox: Private tab or private window

• Safari: Private browsing

When private mode is enabled, cookies - files saved to your device to indicate what websites you've visited - are disabled. Therefore, any temporary internet files are removed and your browsing history is deleted when you close the window or program. This may help to prevent others form gathering information about your online activities and trying to entice you to buy something with targeted ads.

It is your responsibility to safeguard your data, your identity and your computing devices.