First: protecting PII and the risk of identity theft

• PII is the most precious treasure that cybercriminals hunt: full name, mother's name, national ID number, home address, telephone numbers, e-mail and passwords, bank and card numbers, and date of birth.
• With enough of these pieces a criminal can impersonate the victim, open accounts, obtain loans, and commit fraud that is traced back to the victim rather than to himself.
• The strict guidance issued by cybersecurity authorities:

Protection rules

• Never publish sensitive personal data on public social platforms or in unknown-source opinion polls and prize draws.
• Never share one-time codes (OTP) or the card security code (CVV); no serious institution asks for them by phone or message.
• Check the privacy settings of every account, and limit who can see posts, photos and friends lists.
• Use a different strong password per service and keep them in a password manager rather than in a notes file.
• Shred documents that carry personal data before discarding them, and avoid filling in unnecessary fields in online forms.