Are Burglars Watching Your Social Media Updates?

Are Burglars Watching Your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin Status Updates?

Spending your days tweeting away might be a great way to share news with friends and family, but it’s also an increasingly risky way to get robbed.

Social media applications like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and other popular forms of real-time communication are also growing in popularity among the criminally-minded.

To put it plain and simple, real-time sharing may provide the perfect way to hook up with friends on short notice or simply stay in touch throughout the day, but it also informs others that you are away from home.

Recent reports on CBS News and information from police stations throughout the nation indicate a dramatic rise in opportunistic criminals that use information gained from social media websites to plan and target a home invasion while the owner is away.


There are several ways to help combat the risk of home invasion or robbery, but each requires a bit of discipline.

Following are some things to keep in mind.

Home Alone: Never share information about children or vulnerable persons who may be home alone.

True Friends: Limit your network to people you can really trust, or consider using two different accounts - one for casual friends and another for family.

After-Effects: Rather than sharing in real-time, consider sending out a status report after the big event. Remember, it’s still possible to use a cell phone to make actual calls rather than texting.

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Top Ten Guidelines To Limit A Company's Risks in Social Media

Top Ten Guidelines To Limit A Company's Risks in Social Media



Social media has become a powerful way for business owners (and individuals) to communicate with clients, prospects, friends, family, referral sources, and colleagues.

However, improper usage can result in serious consequences. 

The following are a list of suggestions to limit your company's social media's risk exposure:

1. Know Your Audience – Write knowing that everyone, including the folks who sign your paycheck,

will be able to see what you post. Remember that your post will be globally accessible today and long

into the next Ice Age.

2. Be Respectful – Do not disparage competitors or criticize others. This obviously includes current

and former clients. After all, who among us is perfect?

3. Be Conversational – Write as you speak to real people in a professional situation. Avoid stuffy

corporate-speak and mannered language. In fact, avoid words like "mannered." That said, also avoid

slang that will unfairly diminish you and your superior intellect.

4. Add Value – Social media is no different than other types of communication. It should help others

build their business, improve their skills, solve problems or understand our firm better.

5. Spread the Good Word — When you have something good to say about our firm, say it on multiple

social media sites.

6. Honesty is the Best Policy – Never represent yourself or our firm in a false or misleading way. Be

transparent about your identity and relationship to our firm.

7. Stay In the Zone – Cover your areas of expertise, especially when referencing corporate products.

If you are not an expert, make this fact clear to your readers.

8. No Demagoguery – Limit personal opinions to your personal life. Even then, keep controversial

opinions off personal social media pages.

9. When In Doubt, Don't – If you have to think twice about a post, this is typically a good sign that it

should not be published.

10. Observe Copyright Laws – Give credit where credit is due.

11. Respect Confidentiality – Ask permission to repeat conversations and forward communications.

12. Avoid Hot Buttons – Do not participate in social media when the topic is a breaking event. Gilbert

13. Follow the firm's Code of Conduct.

14. Follow the firm's Privacy Policy.

15. Adhere to the firm's E-mail & Internet Usage Policies.

16. What Happens At Social Events Stay There — Photo sharing sites like Picasa and Flickr are

social media. Post photos taken at company gatherings with the greatest care and consideration.

17. Be Non-Confrontational – Avoid sarcasm and be mindful of tone. Do not escalate a potentially

volatile situation. Politely disengage from the conversation instead.
 
 

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