E-Safety

Challenge College

Protecting Yourself online

Learning Objectives

To assess the risks faced when online and how to use the options available to protect yourself.

DiscussionDiscuss all the different websites

that you have put some information about yourself.

◦E.g. Email accounts (yahoo, hotmail…etc) Shopping Games Social networking sites

RisksWeak passwords

Privacy settings

Identity theft

Music/video downloads

PasswordsAvoid use family or friend’s names

Avoid using common words such as ‘password’

Use letters AND numbers

For really strong passwords use a combination of all types of keys on the keyboard including symbols

(e.g. 5tr0ng9a&&3o^@)

Privacy Settings

When you join a social networking site all your information is public – this means that your information is there for everyone on the internet to see if they wanted.

All social networking sites allow you to change your settings

You can control who can see your profile by changing the settings (see picture on the next slide)

Privacy Settings

Identity TheftIdentity theft is when someone pretends to

be you by using your personal information

This can happen if you put a lot of personal information on websites that are not secure

This is known to happen to adults more than children but it is still worth keeping in mind when posting personal information online.

Music/Video downloadsWhen downloading music or

videos always check:◦ that the website is legal◦Personal information you give to

the website is secure (i.e. there should be a padlock either in the bottom right hand corner of the explorer window or at the end of the address bar AND there should be an s after the http (https)

◦And scan the download for viruses.

ActivityTurn to page 9 (to brainstorm), ‘protecting

yourself’ section. In groups prepare a presentation on protecting yourself. The information you need to include is:◦ List of websites you have inputted information◦ Create examples of weak, strong and really

strong password◦ How you can protect yourself from:

Social networking sites Identity theft Downloading music/videos