Personally I believe it to be at a High School comprehension level, but I did enjoy the fact that the videos were helpful and interesting/engaging.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Week 5 part one: Issue
So the Issue that I was assigned was Identiry theft, and with the constant advances in technology and the shifts towards everything becoming digital the risk of identity theft is only increasing. Identity theft is defined as; the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain. This means basically some has stolen your most personal information and is using it for their own benefit. The Bureaeu of Justice statics reported that an estimated 17.6 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2014. (They haven't calculated all of 2015s yet) I think that it is important for students to be aware of these situations because there have been cases where hackers are getting their information by breaking into school databases. PBS has an really cool information page set up that I feel would be really useful for teaching students. It's located here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/education/2014/10/four-ways-to-help-students-avoid-online-identity-theft/
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First of all I love your blog! It is so organized and fun to look at!! Secondly, I had heard of Identity Theft but I did not realize how common it was in schools and how people could hack into a schools data bases and have access to lots of information. About a year ago I remember my parents telling me that someone hacked into targets system and took everyones information that recently made purchases over the holiday.This shocked me and made me realize that identity theft is only increasing as the years go by because of the use of technology. The story I found is called "Protecting your Child From Identity Theft at School". This article talks about how schools have so much of your child's personal information such as social security numbers, health forms, and emergency contact information. With access to that information it puts you and your family at risk for identity theft. This article talks about ways to be proactive so that way this does not happen to you. These include reading all the information that schools send home and being careful when signing up for programs that are not through the school. Now there are laws that are more strict and protect a child and their personal information called FERPA, but it is always good to be extra careful. I do think it is also important to educate students about identity theft so they are careful on the internet and when making purchases. http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumerawareness/a/Id-Theft-At-School.htm
ReplyDeleteThat target example is funny because my identity was stolen from that. Luckily I had it can led and taken care of after one purchase but it was scary business. I also really enjoyed the article you posted! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAND thanks for the compliments on the blog :) my two favorite things in this world are wood grain and the color pink!
ReplyDeleteOh no! I heard so many people had their identity from Target then. I'm glad it was all taken care of. That's so clever I love the title of your Blog especially now that I know the relevance of the wood grain and the color pink!
ReplyDeleteWe (GVSU employees) were just notified that we may have a security breach with our personal information. Yeaaa!!!
ReplyDeleteBut yes, with all of the data being collected on students for standardized testing (collected by 3rd party providers of the tests like Pearson, who owns and is owned by other major companies)...with no oversight or explanation of what's happening to the data (storage, selling, etc.), it is quite scary.