1. Safeguarding Your Privacy Section 1.3

2. Safeguarding Your Privacy 1. What is Identity Theft? 2. Research a story on identity theft and be prepared to report back to the class on what you have found. 3. Go to library for intro to “Delicious” and other research ideas. 4. Check with me so there are no duplicates

3. Terms to Know  Identity theft  Social Security Number  Secure Site  Online profiling  cookies

4. Social Security Number  The 9-digit number used by the Social Security Administration to keep track of your earnings. It can be used to access bank and credit card accounts as well as other personal information.  DO NOT CARRY YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD I N YOUR WALLET OR PRINTED ON YOUR CHECKS

5. Ways to prevent Identity Theft 1. Deposit outgoing mail in the post office mailbox 2. Remove mail once it is delivered 3. Keep items with personal information in a safe place like a locked drawer or lock box 4. Safeguard your sensitive information on your computer or online with passwords that include both numbers and letters.

6. More Ways to prevent Identity Theft 5. Avoid easily guessed passwords. Use letters and numbers 6. Don’t share your passwords or write them down where others can get them 7. Don’t give out personal information over the phone, email, mail or web unless you initiated the contact so you know the contact is legitimate

7.  Before sending sensitive data to a web site be sure it is a secure site. One that begins with https:// or shttp://  Make sure your computer at home has a secure internet connection  SHRED all important items like receipts, credit card statements, credit applications, etc.

8. About Identity Theft  Everything you need to know and then some…… Everything you need to know and then some……

9. How to Detect Identity Theft  Identity Theft Identity Theft

10. If your Identity has been stolen and used by a thief  Look at Identity Theft and Your Identity is being usedIdentity Theft and Your Identity is being used

11. Online Profiling  A practice in which companies collect information about the web sites a consumer visits and then uses that information to predict what the consumer may buy in the future.  This is done with cookies-small files that are stored on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a site. A cookie enables a web site to remember information about you.

12. Click on the link  National Do Not Call List National Do Not Call List  What does this mean?

13. Questions to answer 1. Why should you guard your Social Security Number? 2. How does the Financial Services Modernization Act affect consumer privacy? 3. List three steps you can take to prevent online harassment.