{"id":15402,"date":"2017-06-18T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T11:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colossusbets.com\/?p=15402"},"modified":"2019-11-18T17:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:38:55","slug":"keep-colossus-account-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/keep-colossus-account-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping your Colossus Account Secure and How to Reset Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stronger your Colossus password is, the more secure your account will be. We&#8217;ve put together this quick and easy guide on how to change your password and how to keep it as secure as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow the 5 step guide below and you&#8217;ll be safe and secure in a couple of minutes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Changing your password on a mobile device<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/login\">Login<\/a> to your Colossus account<\/li>\n<li>In the top left of the screen click on &#8216;My Account&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8216;Account Details&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8216;Change Password&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8216;Password&#8217; field, enter your new password. Then re-enter again in &#8216;Password Confirmation&#8217;, then click &#8216;Save&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Changing your password from a web browser<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/login\">Login<\/a> to your Colossus account<\/li>\n<li>In the top right hand corner of the screen, click on your username<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8216;Account Details&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8216;Change password&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8216;Password&#8217; field, enter your new password. Then re-enter again in &#8216;Password Confirmation&#8217;, then click &#8216;Save&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Forgotten your Login details?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/resetpassword\">&#8216;Forgot password&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enter your username<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8216;Reset password&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Check the email account you registered with and follow the steps to get back in the game<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Tips for a strong and secure password<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need to keep it between 6 and 20 characters &#8211; but here&#8217;s some things a strong password include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 8 characters<\/li>\n<li>A mixture of upper and lower case letters, plus numbers and special characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things to avoid<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Basing your password on personal information such as family names, friends, pets or memorable dates<\/li>\n<li>Simple variants &#8211; e.g spelling a word backwards<\/li>\n<li>Sequence of repeated characters e.g &#8216;12345678&#8217; or adjacent characters on a keyboard e.g &#8216;qwertyui&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Using your Colossus username or a portion of it in your password<\/li>\n<li>Using the same password for different web sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please remember to keep your password secret. Colossus does not have access to your password and will never ask you to disclose it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information, on the above or anything Colossus related, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/home\">www.colossusbets.com<\/a> and open &#8216;Live Chat&#8217; where one of our agents will assist.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-xlarge fasc-type-flat fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #cae009; color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/help.colossusbets.com\/?utm_source=Blog%20Header\">View all of our help guides<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stronger your Colossus password is, the more secure your account will be. 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