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Only give away personal information to legitimate websites and companies.

If youre not expecting a code of conduct violation, dont tap on a link in an email.

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ping the sender or your HR department to ask about the email first.

Only download applications directly from a website youve gone to yourself, not from a link sent to you.

This way, you’re able to verify youve got the company name spelled correctly.

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(A common phishing technique is to misspell a company name with a 0 instead of an o.)

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