★Information Privacy★

★What information privacy is

can't give personal info

online (on the internet)

shouldn't give names, address, phone number

need to think about

who's getting it

what they're going to do with it

★Why information privacy
is needed

SPAM

emails you don't want

clog up inboxes,
slow things down

attachments

look fun,
but actually viruses

scam

trick to steal money from you

never open spam messages

shouldn't download free stuff
from the internet

★How to keep personal info safe

can buy anti-spam,
anti-spyware programs

read a site's
privacy policy

scammers grab information

from social networks,
personal pages

  • an explanation
    of how the site will use

identity theft

stealing personal info and selling

falling victim

aqsk someone(parent,guardian) before posting