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PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION. Personal information can be defined as information about an identifiable individual that is recorded in any form.

Published on Feb 03, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Personal information can be defined as information about an identifiable individual that is recorded in any form.

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Disclosing personal information online.

Usually online services require users to provide some personal information in order to use their service. Consider the things that can be done with your personal information that could possibly impact your digital reputation.

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What might happen if I share my personal information online?

Identity theft and fraud are some of the issues that you might face if you are sharing personal information online.

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How can I protect my personal information?


The following suggestions would be good to consider for protecting your personal information online:


Only disclose financial information on secure websites.
Reduce spam by protecting your details.

installing and using spam filtering software

Understand that information shared online can be permanent and users may not have control over who accesses their personal information. This includes teachers, parents and students.

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Conclusion



Personal information is information that enables an individual to be identified. Personal information is used by many students for different education oriented websites.
However, this is not always the case and some personal information can be misused inappropriately by others whos intent is to misuse someone else's identity.

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