The Ministry of Internal Affairs warns Russians about the risks of transferring personal data to strangers

Russians should not give photographs and scans of their passport, INN and SNILS to strangers, as well as communicate codes from SMS and push notifications. The Ministry of Internal Affairs warned about this, RIA Novosti reports.

The department also recommended not to publicly post home addresses, telephone numbers of relatives, information about the current location and travel routes. Separately, the user was advised to take these risks into account when maintaining public profiles on social networks and instant messengers.

It is best to minimize the amount of personal data posted publicly for the sake of security. Such information also includes residential address and contact numbers. Disclosure of such information, even by mistake, can lead to leakage of personal information, theft of money or use of identity, the department recalled.