Downloading and Online Shopping Safety and Privacy

How can we enjoy social media, online games, and Web surfing without giving up our privacy or putting personal information at risk? This book addresses the question, providing safety tips for online shopping and entertainment in clear, straightforward language. Chapters describe the dangers of online tracking, email hacking, and identity theft, and explain how to minimize the risks. Specific ideas for password protection and limiting others’ access to one’s personal information and online movement will serve the reader well. Nearly every page includes text boxes with interesting facts about Internet protection. Links to relevant Web sites ensure that the book’s information remains up to date. Back matter includes a list of useful questions to ask tech support, a glossary, contact information for credit reporting services and government agencies, lists of Web sites and texts for further reading, a bibliography, and an index.