Put a Lock on It:Protecting your online privacy

A project of Consumer Action | www.consumer-action.org

What you will learn

• Why it’s important to play an active role in protecting your privacy online

• What tech tools are available to you

• How to avoid oversharing on social media

• Ways to keep kids safe on the Web and mobile devices

Password protection

Strong or weak?

• LEO123

• 12345

• Abc123

• FT2rY&s1L

• password

• amazon1

• 6&rT&4Hd

• n3k6c2s

Two-factor authentication

Secure transactions

Mobile banking

Online shopping

Encryption

Firewalls

Is your computer’s firewall turned on?

Mobile device safety

• Treat your phone like your wallet

• Set your device to lock

• Use a remote locate/lock/erase app

• “Wipe” data before getting rid of your device

App safety

Avoidable threats

• Phishing

• Spam

• Malware/spyware

• Malicious websites

• What’s a data breach?

• How can you avoid one?

• What can you do if you’re a victim?

Data breaches

Social media privacy

Protecting your online reputation

Family-friendly Internet

Marketing/Data collection

• Transparency• Control• COPPA

Resources

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (www.consumer.ftc.gov)

• OnGuardOnline.gov (www.onguardonline.gov)

• Family Online Safety Institute (www.fosi.org/gooddigitalparenting)

• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (www.privacyrights.org)

• Google (www.google.com/safetycenter)

• Consumer Action (www.consumer-action.org)

Congratulations!

You’ve completed the training.

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