Definitions
Vocabulary
Protecting Your Privacy
Data Gathering and Sharing
Situation Problems
100

To choose to not participate in something

What is Opt out
100

Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking

What is Social Media

100

The "K" stands for this in the ASK acronym

Known

100

A company other than the company that owns the website or app you are using

What is Third Party

100

Lauren went on a shopping trip and later went out for lunch at Applebee's. Later that evening she received a Google notification asking if she would review her experience at Applebee's. Why did she receive that message?

What is Location Tracking

200
A legal document that an app or website must provide and that describes what user information they collect and how they use it

What is Privacy Policy

200
This is another term for online marketing placements

What is Digital Ads

200

You should turn off the use of these information collecting text files in your browser settings

What is Cookies

200

You give this to an app to allow a functionality or feature

What is Permission

200

Gavin was looking online for a new pair of headphones yesterday. Now when he is watching videos on YouTube he keeps seeing ads for Bose headphones. What is a likely reason for this?

Cookies

300

Choices a website or app might give you about what information is visible to other users and third parties

What is Privacy Settings

300

A legal document that an app or website must provide and that describes the rules the company and users must obey when they use the app or website

What is Terms of Service

300
The "A" stands for this in the ASK acronym

What is Accessed

300

Online information tailored to you by websites and apps based on your behavior and preferences about you

What is Personalized Content
300

Paul is on the sign up page of a new music app he is joining, he can click on a hyperlink to this legal document to view the use of his data.

What is Privacy Policy

400

Protection from being observed or tracked by others, including the government, companies, the public, individuals or groups.

What is Privacy

400

Extremely large and diverse collections of structured, unstructured and semi-structured datasets that continues to grow exponentially over time

What is Big Data

400
By agreeing to a privacy policy, you understand that this will be collected about you

What is Information

400

Apps can monitor your position within a city and the places you visit if this feature is turned on

What is Location Tracking

400

Aaron wants to disable cookies and choose which information he wishes to share. He can can make those adjustments in this section of an application

What is Privacy Settings

500

Small text files placed on your device by the sites you visit that collect information about your device and your activity.

What is Cookies?

500

A procedure used for solving a problem or performing a computation

What is an Algorithm

500

The "S" stands for this in the ASK acronym

What is Shared

500

Websites or apps selling you something based on information they have collected about you

What is Targeted Advertising

500

Jennifer wants to download an app for a platform that allows her to share short videos and messages with a community of other users. What is the name for the type of community sharing platform?

What is Social Media

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