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RULES, LAWS AND GUIDELINES

With multiple data breaches occurring world-wide over the past year, the importance of protecting data has become crucial. Apart from securing and storing your work and personal information, you also need to be aware of the various laws coming into effect regarding the sharing of data. In today's newsletter we address one of these.

Where do you store your data? Do you trust cloud storage, such as OneDrive, DropBox or Google Drive or do you prefer to keep it within reach on an external hard drive. Do let us know at bitsbytes@sun.ac.za.

   
 
GDPR: PROTECTING YOUR DATA

The international law of data protection has changed and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on the 25 May 2018. There's a great deal of information available on GDPR, but here's a summary.
TIPS AND TRICKS
+ Which third-party apps have access to your Gmail
+ Bot or human - here's how you know
+ Do you really need to eject a USB drive before yanking it out?
+ Use Wikipedia as your personal tour guide with WikiCompas
+ Terabytes, Gigabytes, & Petabytes: How big are they?

BE CYBER SAFE
+ Latest phishing emails
+ Criminals already cashing in on ABSA's new look
+ A word about passwords
+ Don’t get hooked: How to recognise and avoid phishing attacks (infographic)
+ A hacker’s guide to being cyber-safe
+ Phone stolen? UCT has some advice
+ How not to get phished (video)

TECH NEWS
+ The best Android apps for 2018
+ Why thousands of Swedes are injecting themselves with microchips
+ This sun-chasing robo-plant is wildly impractical, and wonderful
+ Our brains can't quit our gadgets—that didn't happen by accident
+ Netflix mocks DStv with an “installation” video
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE UNIVERSITY
So you have a new job. What happens to your sun email address, data or any other electronic services you used while working at Stellenbosch University?
STRICTER RULES FOR VPN
Many of our staff and students use FortiClient to obtain VPN access to the Stellenbosch University network when they are not on campus. Please take note that there is a new process to apply for the VPN service if you are a new user.
HAVE YOUR SAY

In our previous newsletter we asked you what you thought of our new look. Here's what you said:

"Your new look is really cool and gives a good idea of what you can help staff with. I also liked your WhatsApp tricks article." - Peter Rule

If you have an opinion on any tech issue or news, email us at bitsbytes@sun.ac.za.
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