The most valuable assets that you can have is your identity. In this online economy, your personal information can be easily misused by malicious users. Private information including your phone no, bank details, address or driving license, if obtained by anonymous can lead to a series of criminal activities.

Cybercrime is the biggest global threat in today’s economy becoming one of the common types of crime in the world. The reason for being so detrimental since the attacker/scammers can be from anywhere around the world making it extremely difficult to track them. Reporting to your local police is certainly the least helpful option for you.

Report says; in 2019, 180 registered cases have been reported for cybercrime in Nepal, among the list 125 was in Kathmandu. The cases involve activities includes online scams, hacking, attack on computer systems and cyberbullying. Electronic Transaction Act (ETA), established in 2004 is a regulating body protecting Nepalese citizens from any type of cyberlaw or any form of malicious activities online. You can contact on ecrime@nepalpolice.gov.np to report Cybercrime or visit their Website Metropolitan Police.

Scammers have several tricks up their sleeve on deceiving online shoppers into revealing information. Many cybercriminals are disguised as government agencies to deceive the callers on paying fake debts to the government. Similarly, they also disguised as a private company deceiving the callers on winning fake gifts, vouchers, coupons or products. Unfortunately, using such deceiving techniques not only your money is been stolen but also your private information as well.

Prevention is better than cure.
As to how you protect your physical valuables in real life, there are ways where you can protect your privacy online. Some of them are:

• Activate your privacy settings on social media accounts
• Choose Strong passwords and change them frequently
• Go through the businesses private policy before you use
• Make sure the website you are using is secure (It’s a padlock icon or lock icon displayed in a web browser)

At Ads Bazar Nepal, we not only focus on improving your experience in online shopping but equally priorities on your safety. We have implemented various feature in our platform that user can have various option to secure their personal information. Since we care more about your safety, will be including guidelines so the user is familiar with the system and as innovative as we are, we are engaged in a scheme to constantly improve our site to make sure you have the best experience and safety.

We will notify you with more updates.