Safety On Identity theft

Students learn about the methods criminals use to steal identities online. They develop an identity theft prevention tip list and propose ways to communicate their tips to their families. This is a very useful safety tip especially when dealing with young adults in highschool. Reason being at this age thy will be more solicitable to things such as credit cards, good deals they may see on the web which is asking for their personal information etc. It also hits on the topic of how to prevent identify theft discussing things like

Objectives

• Define online identity theft and describe several ways it can occur.
• Research online identity theft and create a tip list for preventing it.
• Communicate good online identity theft prevention practices to family members

 I believe this is good because we know even as adults when some things are just too good to be true we jsut use our common sense. The youth who are still grwoing and maturing and is also trying to establish independence might just think its just a great deal or situation reguardless of what we say and apply for whatever it is anyway. So the information they are givivng us on this site as well as other sites and things we can do to prevent this from happening or if its too late and it does happen we are equipped to handle it appropiately and affectively.

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