Lesson
Being Aware of What You Share
How can you protect your privacy when you're online?
Grade
8Time
50 mins.
Objectives
- Reflect on the concept of privacy, including what they feel comfortable sharing and with which people.
- Analyze different ways that advertisers collect information about users to send them targeted ads.
- Identify strategies for protecting their privacy, including opting out of specific features and analyzing app or website privacy policies.
Vocabulary
cookies .
opt out .
privacy .
privacy policy .
privacy settings .
terms of service
cookies – small files stored on a device that keep track of what a person does on an app or website
opt out – to choose to not participate in something
privacy – the right to control your personal information, including what's collected and shared about you online
privacy policy – a legal document that an app or website must provide which describes what user information they collect and how they use it
privacy settings – choices a website or app provides users about what information is collected and visible to others
terms of service – a legal document that an app or website must provide which describes the rules that the company and users must obey when they use the app
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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Common Sense Education has partnered with CYBER.ORG to support cybersecurity education. If you want to build on the themes from this lesson, we recommend the following lesson from the CYBER.ORG content library:
- Layers of Protection for Your Internet Voyage (Grades 6–8): Students will explore how combining good cybersecurity practices can increase user safety when exploring the internet.
Our collaboration with CYBER.ORG was made possible with the generous support of Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
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