1. Make sure that you are in a secure webpage of Kutxabank: in the address bar of your browser you will see 'https://www.Kutxabank.es/...' (instead of the usual 'http://). Besides, next to the address bar of a secure website there is always a locked padlock indicating that the communication is encrypted. By double-clicking on it, you get access to the SSL security certificate with information about the issuing entity, the validity period and the server you are connecting to.
2. Abide by these rules when creating and safeguarding your passwords:
- Outside these secure pages, you must never provide your personal data or passwords. In this regard, Kutxabank assures you that they will never request these confidential data via email, the phone or any other similar means.
- Likewise, you must never access the service through links included in email messages, see 'phishing' section. You must always access the service from the website www.Kutxabank.es.
- Do not provide your passwords over the phone, except when you phone Kutxabank on 900 44 55 66. If you find a site, receive an email or phone call requesting your access passwords or any kind of identification on behalf of Kutxabank do not trust them, even if they claim that it is for security reasons or system validation, and contact us on the phone number above.
- Use your passwords only to log in or if you phoneKutxabank.
- Do not use passwords which can be easily guessed, such as your date of birth, car registration number, ID card no... Use random passwords and change them regularly.
- Keep you passwords in a safe place, do not write them in places which are accessible to others or keep them in a file on your computer.
- Keep the Code Card in a safe place and do not let anybody have access to it.
- Change your password regularly.
- Passwords are personal and you must not share them with anybody. In Business online banking, where several people may have access to accounts on the Internet, each of these people must have and safekeep their own passwords
- Remember that, as the holder of the service, you assume the responsibility for any transactions which may be carried out using your "password" and, if appropriate, for your Code Card.
3. Follow our recommendations to keep your computer up-to-date and browse the net securely:
- Install an antivirus in your computer and update it regularly. Besides, it is advisable to install a personal firewall to filter the information you receive and you send on the net.
- Regularly update the apps on your computer (operating system, internet browser, email manager...) using the security patches provided by manufacturers.
- Always use the latest version of your favourite browser, which will enable you to use the most secure encryption protocol.
- Analyze all the emails you receive before opening them. If you are not sure (unknown sender, response to an email you have not sent...) the best thing is to delete them and empty the trash bin.
- Beware of messages which request passwords for security reasons, offers, statistics...
- Be very careful with the files you download from unreliable websites on the Internet, those you receive attached to the mail or through file sharing programmes (P2P).
- Make security copies of the basic information on your computer regularly.
- Do not use the AutoComplete password feature in your browser, since the password is then stored in your computer and therefore it becomes accessible to other possible users of the computer.
- Do not use the service on public or shared computers or in unprotected Wi-Fi networks.
- Once you finish operating in secure environments, use the "close session" option which logs you out and prevents any further transactions from being carried out in the same session.
- Software downloading: companies must pay special attention to the security risks derived from the use of file generation tools. To this end, you are advised to use the e-notebook application of Kutxabank. This software is digitally signed for clients to be able to verify its originality and thus guarantee the security of the payments.
4. Check your account statements regularly.
5. You may establish any limits you wish, including a limit of 0 Euros, from the service itself of by phoning 900 44 55 66 to prevent any transfers by these means whose daily individual or cumulative amount exceeds those limits.
6. Carefully read notices and instructions on online banking screens when you make a transaction or arrangement so as to know how to fill in the details and find out the terms and conditions, the result of the transaction and what it implies. In the case of complex business transactions, such as remittances, mandate acceptances, etc. you are advised to confirm the operation procedure with your office or by phone with the Business Support Service 94 401 79 07 the first time you make them
7. You may also establish access rules:
- Indicate the access channel (online banking or telephone banking) and establish the minimum security level: no access, password-based access or access requiring a CC coordinate.
- Limit the access channel to Internet only or telephone only.
- Establish the security level for the access: basic mode, with password or reinforced with a coordinate from the Code Card.
- You may also prevent access to accounts linked to companies, should you have any.
- In the case of Companies, the holder of the contract may regulate the use of the service by the various “users” (each person, department, etc. with their own password) or establish a “consultation only” access mode, as well as establish the persons whose signature is required to authorize transactions, either individually or jointly, and up to what amount.
