Starter quiz
- An online ______ is someone who uses social media to influence the behaviour of their followers
- 'influencer' ✓
- A reliable influencer will...
- review products honestly ✓
- give advice only when they have training or experience ✓
- give advice on any topic they find interesting
- advertise products without declaring this
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- Match the type of support to the definition.
- AI chatbot⇔a computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users ✓
- webinar⇔an interactive, web-based event ✓
- podcast⇔a recorded audio file ✓
- live chat⇔an online discussion between two people that involves sending messages ✓
- ______ is false or inaccurate information, not intended to deceive.
- 'Misinformation' ✓
- Complete the sentence: You can find out how a website uses your personal data by reading their...
- 'data protection policy.' ✓
- One way to see if a company or charity is legitimate is by checking their registration with...
- 'gov.uk.' ✓
Exit quiz
- Our personal, online data is valuable because companies may ______ it on.
- 'sell' ✓
- A cookie is a...
- type of malware
- piece of data stored on your device ✓
- way to monitor online interactions ✓
- type of hardware
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- The most secure place to download an app is from...
- a website
- a link you have been sent
- a secure app store on your device ✓
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- Match the types of data to the correct definition.
- device data⇔data that can be taken from a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone ✓
- personal data⇔data that relates to a specific person ✓
- behavioural data⇔data that looks at how a user behaves online ✓
- What type of data do social media platforms collect about you?
- only your name and email address
- what you view, like, and who you're friends with ✓
- only the websites you visit outside of social media
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- How can we control how much data is collected about us online?
- By adjusting privacy settings ✓
- By being mindful of what we share ✓
- By only using the internet at night
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- When we use the Internet, data is often collected about us.
- Data includes our name, age, gender, location and photo.
- Social media sites monitor what we view, what we like, who we are friends with and which websites we visit.
- Our data is worth a lot of money because it can be used to target adverts at us.
- We can control how much data is collected about us.
Common misconception
All websites keep our data safe.
Some websites are more secure than others, but all data is at risk, up-to-date settings and passwords will help to protect this.
Keywords
Data - detailed information stored online
Monitor - collect information about someone
Internet protocol (ip) address - a unique set of characters that identifies each computer that communicates over a network
App - abbreviated form of ‘application’, a software program designed to perform a specific function, normally downloaded on to a digital device
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