New Guide to Protecting Your Identity When Using Social Media
Cardiff (PRWEB UK) 2 October 2013 -- Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn... with the ever increasing popularity of social media, it will come as no surprise that online identity theft and fraud is on the rise.
A recent survey of mobile device users by Experian revealed that there were 123,589 victims of identity fraud last year in the UK, with an average financial loss per victim of £1,100.
Secure shredding company PHS Datashred knows how important data security is for individuals and for businesses. That’s why it has released a new guide to protecting your identity when using social media sites.
Anthony Pearlgood, Managing Director of PHS Datashred, said: “Most of us are fairly savvy about our offline security; for example, using a secure shredding service to destroy confidential documents and never giving out our bank details over the phone.
“But in 2012, it took people an average of 444 days to discover they had become a victim of online ID fraud. Luckily, there are a number of steps you can take to protect your identity on the internet, particularly when using your social media account.
“At PHS Datashred, we are passionate about keep personal information private. That’s why we have published a guide on our blog to help people stay safe when socialising online.”
The guide can be found here: http://www.shredding.info/news/blog/13-10-01/Protect_your_identity_when_using_Social_Media.aspx
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About PHS
The PHS Group is a leading workplace services provider, and has traded in the UK since 1963. It has a diverse service portfolio aimed at improving work and leisure spaces, while making life much easier for facilities, building and people managers.
PHS really does ‘do more than you think’, providing products and services for:
• Crate rental and packaging
• Interior and exterior planting
• Laundry equipment and workwear
• Matting and flooring
• Records storage and management
• Shredding and recycling
• Testing and compliance
• Washrooms
• Waste management
• Water machines
• Workplace consumables
PHS provides these direct to UK companies, and also operates as a tier one supplier to the facilities management market, supporting the integrated service propositions of most of the major FMs.
The PHS Group’s annual turnover for the year ending March 2012 was £422 million. It employs around 5,000 personnel, operates from a wide network of 153 regional service branches, and takes care of over 250,000 customers at over 450,000 locations in the UK, Ireland, Holland, Belgium and Spain.
http://www.phs.co.uk/datashred
Chloe Hibbert, PHS Datashred, http://www.phs.co.uk/datashred, +44 2920 809185, [email protected]
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