We brought out personal hygiene golden rules from childhood. In the information globalization age, it has also become necessary to observe digital hygiene: regularly change passwords, do not go to spammy links and clean gadgets from garbage.

No wonder IT specialists began to use this very term, since here everything is built on simple and long-known rules:

1. Cleaning.

Regularly check your devices for viruses and delete useless and heavy files.

2. Detection.

Come up with complex passwords. They should consist of more than 8 characters, including both numbers and letters in two registers.

3. Restriction.

Monitor app and program updates on your phone and computer. In the device settings, you can choose which ones should be updated automatically, and which ones only if you want. We recommend that you leave the Smartbank mobile app update in automatic mode.

4. Benefit.

A smartphone is not only a means of communication, but also a device for controlling your behavior. Analyze your social media subscriptions and unsubscribe from those you are not interested in. Disable notifications coming from social networks and instant messengers so that you do not get distracted by your phone too often.

5. Backing up.

Back up your devices as often as possible. This will save important files in case of loss or breakdown of gadgets.

For more information, see the security notes.