Private and Personal Info

Private and Personal Info - What's Okay to Share?

What I should keep private and why

• People are wired to want to share information with each other!

• Our brains get excited, we feel emotions, and something called the "Autonomic Nervous System" causes us to want to share with others!

Did You Know...

• It helps you feel good!

  • Sharing positive experiences helps you remember them, even after their over! Sharing good memories!

• ​It helps you learn!

  • Sharing knowledge helps everyone be more informed.

• It helps you connect!

  • Sharing your interests is a way to make new friends and strengthen relationships

• It helps you persuade!

  • Sharing what you care about can inspire others to act and support good causes.

Sharing With Others Can Be Beneficial Though!

Open Ended

Write at least one of the reasons that sharing some information with others can actually be a good thing.

Multiple Select

Select all of the reasons it can be a positive thing to share information with others.

• It can help us learn.

• It can help us connect

• It can help us get in trouble

• It can help us feel good.

• It can help us persuade and inspire.

So we know that sometimes sharing with others can be a good thing - but what information is SAFE to share with others? Especially with people we don't know?

What CAN we share?

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What are some pieces of information that you think we could share with others?

Information about you that cannot be used to identify you because it is true for you and many others - height, favorite things, hair color

Personal Information

Information that is about you that can be used to identify you because it is unique to you - Address, full name, phone number, banking info...

Private Information

Personal and Private Information

Fill in the Blank

Private information is information that can be used to ___________ you.

Fill in the Blank

Personal information is about you but can also be true for

Categorize

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Full Name

Home Address

Email Address

Banking Information

The school you go to

Phone Number

Parents Work Place

Number of pets you have

Hair Color

Eye color

First Name

Favorite book

Favorite food

How many siblings you have

Sort these pieces of information into Private or Personal Information

Private Information

Personal Information

What is a Digital Footprint?

Why Do We Need to Be Careful?

Digital Footprint:

A record of what you do online, including the sites you visit and the things you post. It can also include things that others post that involve you, such as pictures or comments.

Everything you do online leaves a "footprint". Can you be tracked?

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