Digital Foot Print

Digital Foot Print

Private and Personal information

Adapted from http://www.commonsensemedia.org

We are often asked to share information online about ourselves. The people you share your information with could be your friends next door, or people you don’t know who live on the  other side of the world. Sharing your private identity information can put you at risk for identity theft. (using someone’s personal information and pretending to be them)

Each time you share information about yourself online, stop and think: “Am I giving out information that I should keep private?”

Decide whether each kind of information is personal information that is safe to share or private information that you should never share without the permission of a parent, guardian, or teacher. Cut from the list and paste into the table below

Personal Information - that is safe to share	Private Information - that you should never share without the permission of a parent, guardian, or teacher.
Favorite food How many brothers and sisters you have Favourite band, Favourite sports team, favourite subjects at school	Home address Email address Date of birth Gender (boy or girl) How many brothers and sisters you have full name (first and last name) Age Home Phone number, mobile number Credit card numbers

Use Common Sense!

• Only you can be responsible for protecting your private information online.
• Tell your parent or guardian if you think someone has your private identity information who shouldn’t.

Create and share your personal profile on your blog.

Your blog has been created to share your learning. Write a personal profile to share on your blog. There are people you know, and people you don’t know, who can view your profile.

Decide what personal information you want to  share about yourself. Is all the information in your personal profile safe to share?

Create a new post on your blog and paste your personal profile on your blog. Include a heading and a label before publishing.