Digital safety & privacy

Protect personal information, devices, accounts and wellbeing when using digital technologies.

Why it matters

What a service can access and who can see personal information affect privacy. Account and device settings, alongside choices about digital use, can help reduce risks to security and wellbeing.

What this can look like

• reviews what personal information an app requests and whether it is needed
• uses account and device security settings to limit unwanted access
• recognises when a digital interaction puts privacy or wellbeing at risk

Youth relevance

Joining an app, signing into a school account or using a shared device can involve personal information and access choices. Messaging and notifications can also prompt decisions about boundaries that support wellbeing.

Ways young people can practise this skill

• review the information an app or account asks for and decide what is necessary
• review privacy and security settings for an account or shared device
• consider changes to notifications or contact settings when digital use affects wellbeing

Connected themes

• Main theme · Digital literacy
• Participation & citizenship