the 9 p's of personal protection

When teaching about digital citizenship and staying safe online, try using the 9 Ps for personal protection:

1. Passwords — learn how to set long and strong passwords. Don't use silly common ones or very complicated ones. You must remember them, don't write them down.

2. Personal info — guard information that identifies you and be very aware of sharing it. It is usually best not to do so, so use nicknames, avatars, etc.

3. Privacy — Be aware of who can and can't see your details and set privacy settings accordingly. Some sites change the rules for these often, so stay current with their policies.

4. Photos — these are so easy to share but always be very careful what you post. Often best to turn off geo-tagging and watch out for photos that can be used to identify where you are, as well as other details about yourself

5. Property — be aware of the intellectual property laws, and copyright laws. Teach your students to be aware of Creative Commons and how to use it. Don't steal what belongs to others.

6. Permission — When you use works of others in your research, do cite these correctly with at least a URL and date accessed, or use a commonly recognised referencing system. At least show that you tried to respect the rights of others.

7. Protection — Use programs that protect your device such as antivirus, fire walls, and malware removers, and know why you should do this.

8. Professionalism — Learn about netiquette, for example, capital letter typing is shouting, and always have a subject line, greeting, etc., when emailing. Know the different languages to use when communicating with separate groups, such as academic vs social life.

9. Personal brand — Create a good digital profile. Think carefully before posting. It is hard to delete things later.

Note: I misplaced the source. Searching on Google didn't yield the exact link from where I got this. So, here I've posted the best advice for personal protection on the world wide web with all respect to point number 5 listed in this post.

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