How can I ensure a hacker does not gain access to personal information stored on my hard drive?
Unless you are using a firewall to prevent hackers from getting personal information from your hard drive, we suggest you remove any personal information, such as your tax information, from your hard drive and store it on diskette or CD. Note that a firewall may not protect you if you install peer-to-peer networking products, like those used at some popular Internet music sharing Web sites. In that case, moving your personal data off your hard drive is the best option. As a minimal precaution, ensure that you are not storing any personal data in a shared folder. You might need to change the setting on your firewall to allow communications between our server and your computer.
Unless you are using a firewall to prevent hackers from getting personal information from your hard drive, we suggest you remove any personal information, such as your electronic questionnaire responses, from your hard drive and store it on diskette or CD. Note that a firewall may not protect you if you install peer-to-peer networking products, like those used at some popular Internet music sharing Web sites. In that case, moving your personal data off your hard drive is the best option. As a minimal precaution, ensure that you are not storing any personal data in a shared folder. You may need to change the setting on your firewall to allow communications between our server and your computer.
