10 Incredibly Simple Things You Should be Doing to Protect Your Privacy

1. Password protect your devices: your smartphone, your i-Pad, your computer, your tablet, etc.

2. Put a Google alert on your name.

3. Sign out of Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. when you are done with your emailing, social networking, tweeting, and other forms of time-wasting task.

4. Do not give out your email address, phone number, or zip codes when asked.

5. Encrypt your computer.

6. Gmailers, turn on 2-step authentication in Gmail.

7. Pay in cash for embarrassing items.

8. Change your Facebook settings to "Friends Only."

9. Clear your browser history and cookies on a regular basis.

10. Use an IP masker.

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