We are all online almost every day – both professionally and privately. We enter login data, upload pictures or write chat messages. Once online, this information can also fall into the wrong hands. To prevent this from happening, our cyber guide will tell you everything you need to know about criminal methods and how you can protect yourself.
How personal data may be processed is regulated by the FADP, which applies in Switzerland, and the GDPR, which applies in EU countries. This serves to protect private individuals and, if need be, companies.
Quickly check the weather, order socks online or stream a movie – the internet makes our lives easier. But private individuals can also be hacked, defrauded during online shopping or robbed via the internet. Seven questions and answers on the subject “safe surfing and online shopping”.
We log into user accounts almost every day, for example to make a purchase or pay a bill. All of a sudden, strange things start to happen: There are debits on your bank account that you have not authorized. There's a parcel on your doorstep, but you haven't ordered anything.
E-mail accounts, online banking or tax returns – we use passwords and enter personal data everywhere. Data security is particularly important to ensure that personal information does not fall into the wrong hands.
We are online every day to socialize, shop or get things done. When it comes to online security, there are a few things to bear in mind to ensure that personal information does not fall into the wrong hands.
If you are asked to disclose confidential data such as passwords, you should be wary. Social engineering and phishing are methods aimed at stealing such data and using it for criminal purposes.
Social engineering and phishing
If you are asked to disclose confidential data such as passwords, you should be wary. Social engineering and phishing are methods aimed at stealing such data and using it for criminal purposes.