<topic sku="core" tNum="226333" author="carmip" xmlns="x-schema:hhTopicSchema.xml"><index><title>Learn about security in Microsoft Money</title><category>online</category><klink type="cncpt">Tell me about security in Microsoft Money</klink></index>
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<p>Money wants you to experience all the convenience of online finances without worry or hassle. So, Money has taken several steps to help keep your data safe and under your control. To read Money's full security and privacy statement, click <emph>About Microsoft Money</emph> on the <emph>Help</emph> menu, and then click <emph>Privacy Statement</emph>.</p>
<p><emph>Microsoft Passport.</emph> The first step you can take is to password-protect your Money file using Microsoft Passport. By using Passport, you help protect your Money file from unauthorized access, and Passport uses encryption technology to help keep your information secure. Plus, it's easy to use. If you forget your password, Passport simply verifies your identity using a secret question that you create when you set up your Passport. Then, you can set a new password.</p>
<p><emph>Storing financial data on MSN Money.</emph> It's also a good idea to upload your accounts information and portfolio to a site on MSN Money. You'll have the convenience of working with your data from any Web-enabled computer. A single Passport helps protect the online data as well as your Money data. And if something happens to your home computer, such as fire or theft, you will not lose access to important financial information.</p>
<p><emph>Background Banking.</emph> It's easy to use Money when you download your transactions from your financial institutions. Your logon data as well as all downloads into Money are protected with 128-bit encryption technology. And after download, your Passport helps keep that data safe from unauthorized persons, whether they may break into your home or break into your computer from the Internet.</p>
<p variant="impt">Money's security and privacy policy does not apply to Web sites you view using Money's Web browser. Security for those sites depends on the Web site provider.</p>
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<tease>I download statements from my bank's Web site, whose address begins "https://". What does that mean?</tease>
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<p>Most Internet addresses begin with "http://". If an address begins with "https://" you can be assured that it's an SSL-secured Web site.</p>
