Use these tips to safeguard your personal information against theft:

• Remove personal information you would not want shared with a telemarketer or spammer from your accounts.
• Change your privacy settings to "friends only" and remove friends you do not really know.
• Do not open attachments or click on links in emails that appear suspicious.
• Type the URL you want to visit directly into your web browser to view web sites. Do not click on links that appear to be links to popular shopping web sites.
• When shopping online, make sure the check out page is secure. The address should begin with "https" not "http" and there should be a gold lock on the bottom of the page to indicate the page is secure.
• Avoid credit card transactions and online banking on public Wi-Fi networks.