| When you are enjoying your vacation, there is a | | | | take their Internet connection and use your |
| possibility that thieves will be watching you for an | | | | laptop. |
| opportunity. Well you should enjoy vacation | | | | Much depends on the available Internet facility |
| without any tension, but you should not make | | | | also. If the Internet is provided on wireless |
| simple mistakes to allow thieves to steal your | | | | modems, you should avoid using your laptop even. |
| identity. | | | | The servers of most of these places may not be |
| Take these small precautions while on vacation: | | | | encrypted, allowing the hackers to steal data. |
| 1. You should not keep your valuables in your | | | | 3. If you rent a car, never keep any identification |
| room while you are away - You should always | | | | information in the glove box of the car. People are |
| ask for a locker to your hotel. Even if your hotel | | | | generally reluctant to carry their wallets while |
| is a reputed one, you should not leave your | | | | going to an amusement park or beach. If |
| personal information in your room unattended. It is | | | | someone breaks your car and finds your personal |
| possible that someone may enter your room in | | | | information, he may take the details and even |
| your absence and take away details without | | | | before you reach home, your bank account and |
| leaving any trace behind. And people generally | | | | credit cards may be accessed to take out as |
| tend to leave their passports or driver's license in | | | | much as possible. |
| the room itself. The identity thief only wants | | | | 4. You should not use during your vacation ATM |
| numbers. | | | | machines which are not operated by a bank. |
| If you are carrying a laptop with you, you should | | | | These machines may be compromised to take |
| never keep it unattended in your hotel room. You | | | | details of your card. It is better to look for the |
| have to keep it with you or leave it in a locker. | | | | location operated by a bank even though it takes |
| 2. Do not access your personal mails or financial | | | | some time of your enjoyment. |
| information from a public terminal. There are | | | | You plan your vacation for enjoyment and not |
| many cybercafes around and business center of | | | | for getting stressed. When you come back, your |
| your hotel may provide you computer facility. | | | | money and your identity should be safe, to |
| However these places are not safe. You should | | | | resume your normal life again. |