Keeping Personal Data Secure in Mint.com

Mint.com goes to great lengths to keep your financial information safe and sound. Your role in Mint.com security begins with building a strong password. Following are some tips to help create a strong password that will keep your data even more secure.

• Mix of uppercase and lowercase letters: MiNtExAmPlE

• Numbers and symbols: Mint!Password101

• Combination of unrelated words: Taxi!Monkey

• 14 or more characters: Choose!Strong1Passwords

• First letters of long sentences: ILMFDIIAGB! Would be based on the phrase, "I Love Mint.com For Dummies. It is a great book!"

• Frequent changes: Try to change your password every few months. You might consider using a word and adding a date, such as password10/10 for October 2010. And then, 60 days later, change it to password01/11 for January 2011.

• Numbers other than your Social Security Number or things connected with your e-mail address:If your e-mail address is smarty@dummies.com, don't use smarty or dummies as a password.