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Privacy SEE ALSO
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128–129 The Internet
‹ 136–137 Digital habits
With people inputting, storing, and accessing more and more of ‹ 138–139 Cyberbullying
their personal information on digital devices and the Internet, it ‹ 140–141 Staying safe online
is crucial to keep this digital data secure and private. Breaches of
privacy can lead to fraud and identity theft.

Privacy Passwords

A person’s online privacy relates to the level of control Passwords are the key to a wealth of personal information.
that they have over their personal data, in terms of what They should be complex, difficult to guess, and never
information is available online, where it’s stored, and how it’s written down. The perfect password is eight or more
accessed. It can be managed, to control who or what sees an characters long, with a combination of upper and lower
individual’s personal information, using the privacy settings in case letters, numbers, and symbols. The same password
an Internet browser. should not be used across multiple websites. They should
never be shared, even with friends.

△ Taking steps △ Password rules
Increasing online security helps to minimize the threat to A password should be unique
people’s privacy when they carry out personal tasks online. and changed every six months.

Trustmarks

Trustmarks indicate that it is safe to input Online fraud
personal details into a website. They are From deceiving people to pay for something that they never receive
recognized logos that suggest a level of to identity theft, there are three main types of online fraudsters:
quality and show that a site is trustworthy.
These images or logos are typically
displayed by online shopping sites to
show that they have met various security Phishing Advance-fee Confidence
and privacy requirements.
People pretend to be fraudsters fraudsters
a financial institution Fraudsters send These people get
in order to get emails that offer huge someone to give
someone to pass on
◁ Safe to use their bank details. sums of money in them money by
Trustmarks differ from return for use of the pretending to be
country to country, but victim’s bank details. someone else.
generally appear in the
search bar of a browser.

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