Privacy Issues
- Created by: adelesimpson
- Created on: 05-05-16 11:44
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- Privacy Issues
- Hackers
- Gain unauthorised access to your digital devices and access your personal information
- Use firewalls, passwords and encrypt information sent across networks
- Identity Theft
- Someone pretending to be another person by collecting information about their identity
- Keep all personal information safe
- Cookies
- Small text files stored on your computer and they can store your browsing habits and frequently visited websites
- Help with advertising relevant products but may be seen as an issue
- Know how to delete and manage cookies
- Search Engines
- Record information about your searches including your location, the time you spend searching and the searches you made
- Helps to personalise your searches and display relevant online adverts, makes it easier for hackers to gain users' personal information and to steal their identity
- Sign out of relevant accounts, especially on public computers
- Social Networking Sites
- Keeps track of all your interactions and saves them so they can be used later
- Know how to use privacy settings
- Be aware of how much personal information you share online
- How is Privacy Achieved
- Keep personal information safe
- Organisations you give your personal information to keep you information safe
- Hackers
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