Your Data and Who Wants It: teacher key

Staying Safe Online, grade 8 edition, written for 8th grade. Companies collect data, algorithms recommend what you see, and deepfakes can look and sound like a real person. Learn how to guard your private details and spot scams.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do companies use data about what you view, like and search for to do?
   • Fix your device
   • Show specific ads (answer)
   • Delete cookies
2. What are algorithms?
   • Fake images
   • Passwords
   • Computer programs that recommend content based on what you have watched (answer)
3. Why might shocking content be made?
   • It is always true
   • It is a school rule
   • It is often made for clicks, not because it is true (answer)
4. What should you review before giving an app access?
   • The app's color
   • Permissions for contacts, camera, storage, location and microphone (answer)
   • Its icon
5. What can you choose when a site asks you to accept cookies?
   • Only the necessary ones (answer)
   • Your password
   • A new username
6. What will a real bank never do?
   • Keep your money
   • Send a letter
   • Ask you to confirm account details by email or a phone call it started (answer)

Words

• algorithms: recommending programs
• deepfakes: fake AI media
• cookies: saved data bits
• permissions: access requests