online identity theft & how to prevent it
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FILM 260 Flipbook Assignment 2014. All images are sourced with a Creative Commons License.TRANSCRIPT
& How To Prevent It
What Is
Online Identity Theft?!
↵ The fraudulent acquisition and
use of a person’s private
identifying information
Identities are being overtaken,
A L T E R E D or
CREATED facilitating a # of other crimes,
including many variations of
fraud, typically for financial gain or to conceal a true
identity.
-RCMP's criminal intelligence division
Facts !
Every minute about 19 People fall victim to identity theft
People between the ages of
18-24 have the highest rates of identity theft
What Causes Online Theft Fraud? &
1! 2! 3 !Lack of
knowledge
Comfort and trust in, social
platforms
4 !Need for
platforms to generate revenue
Lack of standards
and privacy
?
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Many consumers are unaware or don’t know how to protect
themselves through
social media platforms !
Let’s take
as an example:
Almost 13 million users have never set, or don’t know about its privacy tools
???
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With users getting to comfortable with the social platforms, anything you post could make you at risk…
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Social media sites generate
personal information… revenue with targeted advertising,
based on they encourage registered users to
information as possible. provide as much
-Kent Lewis, Entrepreneurs’ Organization
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“With Limited government oversight,,
industry standards or incentives to educate users on security, privacy and identity protection, users are
EXPOSED ! to identity theft and fraud” -Kent Lewis, Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Despite these adverse consequences of disclosing information online, we
continue to fail to protect ourselves…
… Here’s how to change it
9 Ways To Prevent Online Identity Theft!
1 Consider U N I Q U E
usernames & P********
for every profile
2 Never give out your username and/or password to third
parties
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3 A
G
your P******* regularly
4 Don’t broadcast your whereabouts. Turn off your Smartphone’s
GPS!to protect your
privacy
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4
5 Minimize the use of personal
information on your profile
AVOID !• Date of birth • Home address • Year of graduation • E-mail address
6 Add only your friends and
family
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7
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Be particularly wary of
unsolicited
e-mails
8
Browse, use or shop at
only reputable websites
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9 L K
Out for phishing websites (one that presents itself
as a legitimate business website, however it is fake looking for information) YOUR!
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Stay SAFE !
Sources & More Information hSp://www.eonetwork.org/knowledgebase/specialfeatures/pages/social-‐media-‐networks-‐facilitate-‐iden5ty-‐theW-‐fraud.aspx hSp://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-‐ways-‐prevent-‐iden5ty-‐theW-‐online-‐ac5vi5es/ hSps://www.google.ca/search?q=iden5ty+theW&ie=u^-‐8&oe=u^-‐8&rls=org.mozilla:en-‐US:official&client=firefox-‐a&channel=sb&gws_rd=cr&ei=VIB_U6GHK6Ki8QG9mYGACw#channel=sb&q=what+is+iden5ty+theW&rls=org.mozilla:en-‐US:official&spell=1 hSp://www.transunion.com/personal-‐credit/iden5ty-‐theW-‐and-‐fraud/iden5ty-‐theW-‐facts.page hSp://www.rcmp-‐grc.gc.ca/scams-‐fraudes/id-‐theW-‐vol-‐eng.htm hSps://www.aggielandcu.org/index.php/blog/72-‐community/269-‐10-‐facts-‐about-‐iden5ty-‐theW?site_id=%3Amaster_db%3A hSp://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/growing-‐number-‐of-‐stolen-‐ids-‐used-‐to-‐get-‐real-‐passports-‐rcmp-‐1.948404#ixzz32bDuIKe3 hSp://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/13-‐million-‐us-‐facebook-‐users-‐dont-‐change-‐privacy-‐seongs/12398 All logos were sourced from their host website’s “media” page – no prohibited altera5ons have been made All images were sourced from Flikr under a Crea5ve Common License All images with no source were provided by clipart or made by myself