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Work at home jobs afford 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 absolutely imperative that we be able ensure the peace and security of our private lives, keeping as much about our jobs separate from our private lives as possible.
You don't want a disgruntled ex-employee egging your car while you sleep or people that you might work with showing up on your doorstep anytime they wish.
When you're in business or dealing with the public in any way -- especially now with the internet -- 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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Protecting your privacy and security.
- ALL people with work at home jobs should 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 with work at home jobs. Also, see: People with work at home jobs: How did they get your personal phone number and address?
- People with work at home jobs should ALWAYS have a separate telephone line that they use with their work at home job. Never give out your personal telephone number to anyone associated with your business or job.
- People with home-based jobs that involve dealing with people in person (such as to interview and hire or meet with customers), should 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.
- People with home-based or telecommuting jobs 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 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.
- Remember that EVERY time you give out your personal information, it is going to be stored in a computer and used, possibly in ways you didn't authorize and expect.
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If you follow these simply steps, regardless of the types of home based career you may have now or in the future, 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 home-based profession.
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