Protecting Your Privacy Online
By: Sophie Meyer
Teens in 2015
Pew Research Center Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015 states that 75% of teens have a smartphone, or have access to a smartphone.
How to Stay Safe
Make sure you never put your personal information out where other people can see it. Another thing that might be helpful is to always have a password on your device.
Email Password
Always make sure that you never give your email password out. People who know your password can read all of your emails, and they can send out emails that seem like you are sending them. You always want to delete messages that have personal information on them.
Cookies and Spyware
These things come up when you are logging into an account on social media. This message will pop up and ask if you want to keep your password, and won't delete it. If you keep these passwords saved, other websites can get them, and they will see your information (where you live, when you were born, etc.).
Laws for Safety
In Canada, the PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) help keep all of it's citizens safe on social media. In the US there are no laws for protecting it's citizens. In 2012 president Obama proposed a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. This bill of rights is when you sign up on a website (facebook) it will ask for your age.
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