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  Protection of your personal data

 

Case
How much of your personal information should you release over ICQ?
Level: Primary, Junior Secondary

Jennifer, an outgoing student, liked chatting with her friends over ICQ every night. She fancied meeting her prince online. As a result, she divulged a considerable amount of data about herself online, such as her habits, personal mobile number, and even her photo on her ICQ information data record. Since then, Jennifer has received lots of email and ICQ messages. Some were even threatening and with pornographic content. A friend of hers also discovered a naked lady's photo with Jennifer's face edited on it.
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Questions  
  1. How much information do you post onto your website or on the ICQ information data record?
  2. What are the possible advantages of giving your true identity and information?
  3. What are the possible disadvantages and dangers if someone posts their personal information on the Internet?
  4. If you do not disclose your real information on the Internet, does that hinder you from forming a relationship?
  5. Is making up information on the Internet a form of lying/cheating?
  6. Has any of your personal information been mistreated or misused by a third party on ICQ?
  7. What would you consider a "misuse of your personal information": (1) sending you junk mail, ICQ messages? (2) editing your face onto a photo of your idol? (3) Having your face edited onto a body of a naked person? How would you feel, think and behave toward the person who did this?
  8. If you were Jennifer, what would you (a) feel? (b) think? (c) do?



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