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Be smart with your social media accounts and digital devices. Strangers or social hackers connected to your social media network may obtain access to your social media accounts. Research the destination since in some places, authorities can confiscate and look at your computer data and even take action based on what they find. This is especially pertinent if someone posts something about politics or the government of a country even on personal social media while in-country.
Social Media and Cyber Safety
- Travel with clean digital devices that have very limited banking information, sensitive data, personal photographs or compromising information.
- Before traveling, ask family, friends and colleagues to respect your privacy and security by refraining from posting information about your travel.
- Never post information about upcoming travel dates. If people know you are traveling, then your home becomes an easy target for burglars.
- Do not publish your arrival or whereabouts real-time online (in the press, on your company websites or on social media). You can share details after you are safely back home.
- Turn off geo-location settings on social media apps and do not “check-in” to locations.
- Cyber stalkers can also track your movements and have been known to follow women on their travels or outings.
- In many countries, there is no expectation of privacy at internet cafes, hotels, airports, offices or other public spaces.
- Be aware of potential avenues for cyber attacks; avoid using free Wi-Fi in public locations and do not open unfamiliar emails. Do not respond to unfamiliar text messages to avoid “phishing” scams.
- Do not post photos of your boarding pass to social media sites. This will help reduce the likelihood of personal information being made easily available to opportunistic individuals.
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