Cyber safety · lesson 1 of 24 · free

What is private information? — Cyber safety for kids

Some things about you are fine to share — your favourite colour, a drawing, a book you enjoyed. Other things are private, because a stranger could use them to find you, contact you or get into your accounts: your home address, school name, phone number, passwords, OTPs, date of birth and live location. When a game, an app or someone online asks for these, the answer is “I’d rather not” — and ask a parent.

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Could a stranger use it? — “if it can find you, contact you or open your accounts, keep it private”

  1. Private: home address, school name, phone number, passwords, OTPs, PINs, date of birth, ID numbers, live location, daily timings.
  2. Usually okay to share: favourites, hobbies, drawings, book reviews, fun facts.
  3. Not sure? Don’t share — ask a parent or another trusted adult first.

Use it for: Profiles, game chats, forms that pop up, video comments and messages from people you have not met.

Worked example: 🔒 Private or okay to share: an OTP? → private

  1. An OTP opens an account or approves a payment — a stranger could use it.
  2. So it is private.

Check: Try it: with a parent, look at one profile or game account you use and remove anything private from it ✓

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🖨️ Cyber Safety Worksheet: Private Information

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