Networking > Proxy Servers Protection: 

Because company servers aren’t able to access personal information such as IP addresses, browser types, internet service providers and location from a computer network, it is possible to prevent this information from being found by the company server.

You can find free anonymous proxy servers for your computer on the Internet. Anonymous proxy servers are used to maintain privacy of information stored on your computer by preventing it from being recognised.

By protecting your computer's IP address, proxy servers allow greater anonymity to both you and your computer.

As an example, your computer and your company server are provided with a greater degree of ‘separation’ by linking proxy servers. This causes havoc for troublemakers because they have difficulty tracking your computer down. You can also have a superior degree of computer protection if you encrypt any data beforehand.

When you receive data to your computer and are about to forward it on, it’s possible to have that data encrypted by a proxy server.  If a proxy server receives data which is unencrypted, that data is vulnerable to harm. If you want to be completely safe you may want to pay a little for a data encrypting proxy server to be installed onto your computer. Usually, free anonymous servers don’t encrypt data. This is definitely something worth looking into. It may significantly protect you and your computer. When utilising an anonymous proxy server, make sure the one you’ve decided on for your particular computer or network of computers is quality assured.

Despite all these measures and securities being in place, it is still possible for those around you to access the computer you are using against your wishes. Someone may, for example, let their eyes wander onto your computer screen for longer than you wish. In these instances you should make sure you clear and delete caches, cookies and your search history from your computer and  lock your computer when you leave it on unattended.