Your guide to resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause.

Make Sure Your Data is Secure

Tightening your personal or organization's security can be daunting, but is doesn't have to be. These resources will get you started.

• The Belarc Advisor is a free download that will scan your computer, show you a report of just how secure it is, and give you directions to lock your system down tight.

• The Healthy and Secure Computing campaign's list of best practices, resources, and tools has great security resources for beginners and experts.
  

• If you're brave enough to see how corporations and governments are using all that not-so-private personal data, read No Place to Hide by Robert O'Harrow.

Write a Privacy Policy
Did the previous article make you want to write a privacy policy or improve the one you have? We have a tool that will help.

• The Direct Marketing Association's privacy policy generator will create a model privacy policy for you. All you have to do is answer 16 questions.