Security and Privacy Issues for Internet Users This Session describes methods for protecting yourself both at work and at home.

Privacy Page - Links to the a wide variety of topics, organizations, and articles about privacy.  Now includes an Identity theft section .

Persona Topics -

• Check your persona Right now .  Make sure you understand what webmasters know about Your connection
• Persona Tips -  Links to several  persona testers and describes ways to suppress your one-click history.
• Anonymizer overview - These services replace your persona with one of their own.
• Connection_Persona - The persona created by a User's Internet connection.  This information is sent to web sites by web browsers, and used by webmasters.

Getting Connected - Includes information about setting up your home network

Firewall Overview - Links to everything you need to secure and test your connection.

Virus Overview - the whole trick is keeping your anti-virus software up to date.

Web Browser Privacy - See how you interact with many websites in more ways than just cookies

Cookies - See how web sites recognize you and track your movements.

Other Applications: Privacy Issues - see how  using email and other applications can also risk your privacy.

Spyware - Learn about hidden programs, and how to control what gets loaded when your PC boots-up.

Parent's Guide for Online Children -  options are presented for you to consider.

Critical Advice  - follow these steps or remain vulnerable.

Note to Alumni: I have placed many of these links directly on my public web page (navigators.com) in case you want to share some of this information with relatives, friends, etc.