PRIVACY
Knowing what information is safe to share, and what is not, is one of the great challenges of the digital age. While sharing some personal information is a necessary part of living life online, sharing too much information can damage your reputation or impact your online security. This is important for both kids and adults to understand.
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According to a report called Reputation Management and Social Media from the Pew Research Center, adults are share personal information more freely than young people.
Looks like we could all use a lesson on privacy!
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You might like:
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7 Tips to Protect Your Privacy Online
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Here are just some our student lessons on privacy in our Cyber Civics curriculum:
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Who Am I Online?
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My Self, My Selfie
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You, In Six Words
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Who's Watching You?
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Privacy Policies: Who Reads Them?
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Understanding Terms of Use
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Targeting, Tracking and Those Filter Bubbles
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Protecting Your Online Data
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Making (and Remembering) Great Passwords
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What Would You Collect?
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Interested in trying one of these lessons?
Just contact us!
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Online Privacy Tips
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Read the Privacy Policies of all the sites you visit.
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Review hard-to-read and confusing Privacy Policies with this free software: EULAyzer.
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Set the privacy settings on all of your social networking sites.
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Turn on the "Do Not Track Tool" on your browsers.
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Never share passwords (except with your parents).
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Make strong passwords. For example, mix upper and lowercase letters with symbols and numbers.​
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Keep personal information personal. ​
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Don't chat with or send photos to strangers.
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(For Kids) Ask your parent's permission before signing up for anything online.
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Know how to recognize ads and don't click on them.
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