Some other secure tips:
1 - Check out your password strengths.
A while ago I (wrongly) thought someone had hacked one of my email accounts, and so I looked into secure passwords. Most passwords can be found using a 'brute force' attack - literally where a piece of hacker software tries every possible combination of letters, numbers and symbols. So, the longer, more complex password is stronger, and may take YEARS to be hacked by a piece of software.
Don't use dictionary words - these can be cracked in seconds, even foreign languages.
Don't use things that people may know about you - like birthdays, pet names, hobbies.
Do use a combination of letters and numbers, subst1tuting s0me letter5 with num3ers...
The LONGER the better.
It took a kick up the arse like the fear I'd been hacked to make me think seriously about passwords.
2 - Check out TrueCrypt - free file encryption software. Virtually impossible to hack, TrueCrypt creates a secure file container using 'military grade' encryption, for all your confidential files. Again, use long, complex passwords for these.
Very easy to use.
As it's a secure system, your file can ONLY be opened using your password. If you forget your password, no-one, not even TrueCrypt prgrammers can open it for you. That's how secure it is!
I use it for prepper docs on my USB stick and confidential documents at home, and I feel safe knowing they're protected.
But for God's sake remember your password...
