Protecting Your Personal Data
Keep your information safe with practical steps: privacy controls, account security, device protection, and smart data handling.
1) Understand Your Data Footprint
Identify what personal data you share and where it lives: accounts, apps, browsers, and devices. Review permissions and remove what you don't need.
2) Secure Your Accounts
Use unique passwords, a password manager, and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible.
3) Protect Your Devices
Keep software updated, enable full-disk encryption, use screen locks, and avoid untrusted networks without a VPN.
4) Share & Store Data Wisely
Limit sharing sensitive info, verify recipients, back up data, and securely delete files when they're no longer needed.
Interactive: Privacy Exposure Simulator
Toggle settings to reduce your exposure risk.
Risk: High. Adjust settings to lower your exposure.
Interactive: Password Strength Lab
Strength: —
Interactive: Data Sharing Scenarios
You receive a request from HR for your SSN over email.
A cloud app asks for full access to your contacts and files.
You need to send a backup of tax records to your accountant.
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Mark Steps Complete
Complete all four items before taking the quiz.
Quick Knowledge Check
1) The best way to manage strong, unique passwords is to:
2) Which offers the strongest account protection?
3) Full-disk encryption helps by:
4) Before sharing sensitive data, you should:
5) A smart backup strategy is:
Certificate
Complete all steps, finish the interactive labs, and pass the quiz (4/5 or better) to generate your certificate.
