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Computer Studies Online Safety Revision Flashcards
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- 1What are privacy settings?Privacy settings are controls available on many social networking and other websites that allow users to limit who can access your profile and what information visitors can see.
- 2How do you alter privacy settings?Within your account settings, you'll find a tool that helps you change the audience of posts you've shared with Public or Friends of Friends to Friends Only. To use this tool: Click at the top right of any Facebook or social media page and choose Settings. Select Privacy from the left menu.
- 3How do you stay safe on social media?There are many ways. 1. Be careful with what you share. 2. Never agree to meet up with anyone you don't know. 3. Think before you post. 4. Use a complex password. 5. Never reveal your password or any login details. 6. Be careful with who you chat to.
- 4What is cyberbullying?The use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
- 5How does cyberbullying affect people and what can it lead to?Like all forms of bullying, cyberbullying causes psychological, emotional and physical stress. Many websites can help victims of cyberbullying and have a higher risk of depression and anxiety. Symptoms may include: depression, loneliness and possibly even suicide.
- 6What is copyright?Copyright is when someone illegally copies another person's work without their consent and uses it in other circumstances.
- 7What happens if the copyright law is broken?If the copyright law is broken, You could get fined a significant amount of money or you could get a visit from the police asking you to remove/get rid of the content or you could receive a letter asking you for the same thing.
- 8How important is copyright?Copyright is important because it protects all of your documents and music and prevents it from being stolen or used in illegal circumstances.
- 9What is hacking?Hacking is when someone uses a computer to gain unauthorised access to data in a system.
- 10What is malware?Malware (Malicious software) is a type of software which is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain authorised access to a computer system.
- 11How do you protect yourself from hacking and malware?1) Install, update and use anti-virus software. 2) Keep Windows up to date. 3) Turn on Windows firewall. 4) Use the latest version of your browser. 5) Don't fall for phishing emails. 6) Use the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. 7) If you are still infected, use a Boot CD.
- 12What is phishing?Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
- 13How do you protect yourself from phishing?To protect yourself from phishing, do not answer/avoid all emails and phone calls that you find suspicious and if you are asked to confirm your bank details, ring up your bank and ask them if that email was from them. If not, keep the email but do not answer it.
- 14How should information be used? How should it not be used?Information should only be used for the reasons you say you will use it. It should not be used in any other circumstances unless you have the person's consent. For example, if you give a shop your details when buying a product from them, that shop must not give your details to anyone else without your permission. If you do give permission to give your details, the organisation that gets given it has to treat it with care.
- 15Assess how issues related to the use of information affect an organisation. (Data Protection Act)when an organisation gets the information, there are a few rules they have to abide by.
1) Keep all data safe within their organisation.
2) Keep records of the permissions they have and haven't been given by all individuals who's data they hold.
3) If a customer asks to see the data an organisation holds, the organisation must tell them.
4) Delete data when they no longer need it.
5) Always keep records up to date and correct any information that is wrong.
6) Always check someone's identity when talking to them so that they always know that they are dealing with the right person and not someone who is trying to commit fraud.
7) Organisations must keep the information safe so that it can't be leaked or hacked.
8) If you are hacked, then you must contact the police as soon as possible. They must let people know if their data has been lost.
In the UK, the Data Protection Act is going to be replaced with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) from 2018.
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