Email is not safe nor confidential. Anything send via email can easily be intercepted and read online. Not by individuals reading everyone’s emails, but automatic programs that scan the web (bots) for sentitive information they can exploit. (That’s why you often need to prove your not a robot when entering your password.) Here in Massachusetts we do have data security protection laws that you should be aware of, click here for more info.
Here are some tips to keep you emailing safetly.
Safety in Receiving Emails:
- Use a strong email password.
- Use two-factor authentication.
- Look out for “Phishing Emails” Do not click links, go directly to account website via browser.
- Don’t open attachments without scanning them first.
- Never access emails from public WiFi.
- Change your password as often as possible.
- Be careful with the devices you use.
Safety in Sending Emails:
- Do not send confidential information! I can’t emphasize this enough!!!
- In MA, state law is that you can not send a persons Name & Address along with an account number, credit card or SS# via unencrypted email.
- Do not resend the same email and/or subject line. You will look like spam and could be blacklisted from some email servers.
- Use pertient subject lines.
- Do not send account username and password in the same email.
