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by the Editorial Staff of Work-at-Home.org
Work at home jobs offer us many wonderful lifestyle benefits but there are a few potential disadvantages as well. For those of us who work at home, for example, it is very important that we be able ensure the peace and security of our private lives, keeping our working lives separate from our private lives as much as possible.
In an age of internet stalkers and information superhighways that don't have speed limits, security and privacy are more important than ever!
Here are the most important ways you can safeguard your privacy and add a layer of security for you and your family:
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Five Easy Steps to Protect your Privacy and Security.
- If you work at home you should immediately get a private mail box and ALWAYS use that address for business or professional reasons. You can find companies who rent mail boxes for very reasonable fees in your yellow pages under "Mail Box Rental" or a similar category. Generally, any company that provides mailing and shipping services also provides private mail box rental for people who work at home.
- If you work at home you should ALWAYS have a separate telephone line that you use exclusively for work. Never give out your personal telephone number to anyone associated with your business or work at home job.
- If you work at home and your job may involve dealing with people in person (such as to interview and hire or meet with customers), make it a policy to always meet somewhere else other than their home. Hotels often provide meeting rooms in which you can conduct interviews, for example, and you can meet customers, associates and employees in other places such as coffee houses, parks or restaurants.
- If you work at home you should always use a separate email address for professional purposes. There are websites on the internet that will give you an email address for free. Never give out your personal email address to an employee, customer, supplier or business associate.
- If you work at home and you are registering a business phone line should ask that the phone company not publish the address. If you are registering a business telephone line you will automatically receive a yellow page listing and a white page listing. If you don't want your personal address to become public all over the world, ask your telephone company not to print your address if you work at home.
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If you work at home and you follow these simply steps you will never need to be afraid of living in your home, answering your personal email or answering your private telephone because of problems related to your work at home career.
Work at home? Who's giving out your personal information?
If you work at home, don't end up like Sarah, Ed or Celeste.
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