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Joomla! CMS Guide
Joomla! CMS Guide
  • In This Guide
  • Templates
    • Joomla! 4 Templates
    • Customise Appearance
      • Change the Look and Feel
      • Custom Style Sets
      • Exemplar Content
      • Language Overrides
      • Personalise Your Website
    • Position Maps
  • Security
    • Joomla! CMS Security
    • How to back up your Joomla! CMS
    • Settings
      • Global Configuration
      • System Information
    • Updating Joomla!
      • How to update your Joomla! CMS and extensions
      • Installation Messages
      • Joomla! Update Notification
    • Useful Advice
      • Protect Your Web Connection
      • Protect Your Privacy
      • Use an SSL Certificate with your website
    • Useful Extensions
      • Akeeba Backup
      • Captcha - reCaptcha
      • Multi-factor Authentication
      • Web Application Firewall
  • Content
    • Blogging with Joomla!
    • Content Editors
      • Working with Content Editors
      • Editor Profiles
    • Content Types
      • Articles and Categories
      • Images
      • Media
      • News
      • PDFs
      • Tables
      • Video
    • Getting Started
    • Glossary of Joomla! Terms
    • Introducing the Joomla! CMS
    • Version History
  • Housekeeping
    • Archive an Article
    • Global Check-in
    • Global Configuration
    • Manage Trash
    • Users
      • Manage Users
      • Editor Profiles
      • Site Statistics
      • Who's Online
  • Extensions
    • Working with Extensions
    • Components
      • Working with Components
      • Banners
      • Contacts
      • Feeds
        • News Feeds
        • Feed Display Module
        • Syndication Feeds Module
      • Fields
      • Redirects
      • Site Map Extensions
      • Smart Search
      • Web Links
    • Modules
      • Working with Modules
      • Breadcrumbs
      • Cookie Control
      • Custom Modules
      • Loadposition Command
      • Login Module
      • Menu Modules
      • Newsflash Module
    • Plugins
      • Working with Plugins
      • Accessibility
        • Additional Accessibility Features
        • Joomla Accessibility Checker
        • Keyboard Shortcuts
        • Skip to Navigation
      • Debug
      • Installer Plugins
      • Joomla! Statistics
      • Page Cache
  • Navigation
    • Menus and Menu Items
    • Menu Item Types
    • Menu Modules
    • Content Tags
    • Fix Broken Links
    • Page Breaks
    • Page Navigation
responsive website design cheshire manchester merseyside uk
  • In This Guide
  • Templates
    • Joomla! 4 Templates
    • Customise Appearance
      • Change the Look and Feel
      • Custom Style Sets
      • Exemplar Content
      • Language Overrides
      • Personalise Your Website
    • Position Maps
  • Security
    • Joomla! CMS Security
    • How to back up your Joomla! CMS
    • Settings
      • Global Configuration
      • System Information
    • Updating Joomla!
      • How to update your Joomla! CMS and extensions
      • Installation Messages
      • Joomla! Update Notification
    • Useful Advice
      • Protect Your Web Connection
      • Protect Your Privacy
      • Use an SSL Certificate with your website
    • Useful Extensions
      • Akeeba Backup
      • Captcha - reCaptcha
      • Multi-factor Authentication
      • Web Application Firewall
  • Content
    • Blogging with Joomla!
    • Content Editors
      • Working with Content Editors
      • Editor Profiles
    • Content Types
      • Articles and Categories
      • Images
      • Media
      • News
      • PDFs
      • Tables
      • Video
    • Getting Started
    • Glossary of Joomla! Terms
    • Introducing the Joomla! CMS
    • Version History
  • Housekeeping
    • Archive an Article
    • Global Check-in
    • Global Configuration
    • Manage Trash
    • Users
      • Manage Users
      • Editor Profiles
      • Site Statistics
      • Who's Online
  • Extensions
    • Working with Extensions
    • Components
      • Working with Components
      • Banners
      • Contacts
      • Feeds
        • News Feeds
        • Feed Display Module
        • Syndication Feeds Module
      • Fields
      • Redirects
      • Site Map Extensions
      • Smart Search
      • Web Links
    • Modules
      • Working with Modules
      • Breadcrumbs
      • Cookie Control
      • Custom Modules
      • Loadposition Command
      • Login Module
      • Menu Modules
      • Newsflash Module
    • Plugins
      • Working with Plugins
      • Accessibility
        • Additional Accessibility Features
        • Joomla Accessibility Checker
        • Keyboard Shortcuts
        • Skip to Navigation
      • Debug
      • Installer Plugins
      • Joomla! Statistics
      • Page Cache
  • Navigation
    • Menus and Menu Items
    • Menu Item Types
    • Menu Modules
    • Content Tags
    • Fix Broken Links
    • Page Breaks
    • Page Navigation
Joomla! CMS Guide
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Protect Your Privacy

Here are some useful links to help keep snoopers out of your business.

See our separate article for how to tighten the privacy and security settings for applications used to access the internet.

Read more: Protect Your Web Connection.

 

Make Joomla! CMS Security your #1 Priority

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Learn how to manage Joomla! website security.

 

  • Get Safe Online
    Hits: 39

    This website offers useful guidance for individuals and organisations to help them protect their devices and privacy.

  • Use DuckDuckGo to protect your privacy
    Hits: 47

    "Our mission is to show the world that protecting privacy is simple. For over a decade, we've created new technology and worked with policymakers to make online privacy simple and accessible for all." Source: DuckDuckGo.

  • Have You Deleted Your Google Search History Yet?
    Hits: 46

    Useful article published in the Official DuckDuckGo Blog.

  • Big Brother Watch
    Hits: 41

    “We work to roll back the surveillance state and protect the rights of everyone in the UK to be free from unfair intrusion.” Silkie Carlo, Director of Big Brother Watch.

  • ProtonMail Logs Activist's IP Address With French Authorities After Swiss Court Order
    Hits: 40
    The Hacker News reported on 6 September 2021 that ProtonMail were recently forced to cede to a legal request in Switzerland (where the company is based) to share the IP address of a group of political activists with law enforcement authorities in France, despite stating on their website that: "No personal information is required to create your secure email account. By default, we do not keep any IP logs which can be linked to your anonymous email account. Your privacy comes first." Hacker News reported that "ProtonMail users who are concerned about the visibility of their IP addresses should use a VPN or access the email service over the Tor network for additional anonymity".
  • Fake NHS vaccine Passport Emails and Texts Warning
    Hits: 41

    "Scammers are hoping to cash in on any confusion around the end of pandemic restrictions – watch out for these fake emails and texts." WHICH? July 2021.

  • Reasons not to use Facebook? #1
    Hits: 26

    "Facebook Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Decade-Old Privacy Violation Case".

    Source: The Hacker News, 2022.

  • Reasons not to use Facebook? #2
    Hits: 22

    "533 Million Facebook Users' Phone Numbers and Personal Data Leaked Online".

    Source: The Hacker News, 2021.

  • The Open Rights Group
    Hits: 18

    "Founded in 2005, Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online."

    Source: Open Rights Group.

  • Google Analytics and GDPR
    Hits: 20

    If your organisation which sell into the EU could it unwittingly find itself in breach of legal regulations as a result of using Google Analytics?

  • Subscribe to The Hacker News newsletter
    Hits: 19

    "The Hacker News (THN) is a leading, trusted, widely-acknowledged dedicated cybersecurity news platform, attracting over 8 million monthly readers including IT professionals, researchers, hackers, technologists, and enthusiasts." Source: The Hacker News.

  • Hidden Facebook Tool Lets Users Remove Their Email or Phone Number Shared by Others
    Hits: 8

    "Facebook appears to have silently rolled out a tool that allows users to remove their contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, uploaded by others." Source: The Hacker News.

  • Sign up for the DuckDuckGo Privacy Newsletter
    Hits: 5

    Quote: "Our newsletter doesn't track you, but about 85% of other emails do! Get a @ duck dot com forwarding address to remove trackers and protect your email address". Source: DuckDuckGo.

  • Protect your Inbox with DuckDuckGo Email Protection
    Hits: 5

    Get a @ duck dot com forwarding address to remove trackers and protect your email address.

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  • Joomla! CMS Security
  • How to back up your Joomla! CMS
  • Settings
    • Global Configuration
    • System Information
  • Updating Joomla!
    • How to update your Joomla! CMS and extensions
    • Installation Messages
    • Joomla! Update Notification
  • Useful Advice
    • Protect your device, browser and web connection
    • Protect Your Privacy
    • Use an SSL Certificate with your website
  • Useful Extensions
    • Akeeba Backup
    • Captcha - reCaptcha
    • Multi-factor Authentication
    • Web Application Firewall

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