Please, Please, PLEASE Don’t Include Sensitive Info in Your Emails

Email is a great communication tool. However, certain things are just unsafe to communicate via email.

Let’s go through a list of such things. Better safe than sorry, after all.

What Should Never Appear in Your Inbox?

Passwords/Other Authentication Credentials

The advice is simple enough: don’t share credentials you use through email. While email is relatively safe, and you can delete messages on your end, you cannot ensure that the message is appropriately deleted and the recipient adequately protects the data. Plus, emails can be hijacked if either account is compromised, and you won’t know if that is the case until it’s too late.

Payment Card Numbers and Financial Details

Similarly, you should avoid sharing any payment or card details via email. It doesn’t matter how diligent you are about keeping your email cleansed of sensitive information… it is all about how diligent the person on the other end is. Unfortunately, you can’t assume they’ll respect your data security as they should.

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