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User IDs and passwords are the front-line protection for your personal information. It is very important that you take care when creating them. To ensure you have a “strong” password:

• Choose a password that is 6-8 characters in length.

• Use a combination of letters and numbers, and (if allowed) special characters such as !, @, # or &.

• Don’t use a portion of your user ID in your password.

• Don’t choose a password that can be found in the dictionary or can be easily associated with you (e.g., a nickname, phone number, birth date, your child’s name, favorite sports team, etc.)

• Make your user ID and password something you can remember without writing them down.

• Never use your Social Security number as your user ID or password.

• Change your password every 30-45 days.

• If you suspect your password has been compromised, change it immediately.

• Most importantly: Don’t share your password with anyone.

• Consider using a password keeper like the RoboForm password software to generate and store all your online passwords for you.

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AMBER is an acronym that stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created in Texas as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in 1996. Today, all 50 states have AMBER plans.

The AMBER Alert System is an early warning program designed to help quickly locate abducted children in local communities.

It works like this: following an abduction, law enforcement notifies broadcasters and transportation officials, who interrupt transmissions to get the word out as quickly as possible across all local broadcast media.

For details, see the federal government’s AMBER Alert website.

Get your own Amber Alert Web Ticker for your PC

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