Protecting your privacy like a pro - #1

What is Personal Information?

Personal information is anything that can be used to identify you, which could include things like:

• Your name
• Your date of birth
• Your address (or previous addresses)
• Your email address
• Your phone number
• You social media ID/s

Even sharing less obvious things can be a bad idea. Things like:

• the name of your school, or 
• what footy club you belong to

There are going to be times when you have to share some of this information (for example when you open a bank account). Each time you do share it ask yourself: 

• do they need this information? 
• how are they going to protect my identity? 
• should I use made up information to protect myself? (for example, social media doesn't really need to know my correct date of birth - perhaps use 1st January and the correct year, or if you want to use the birthday reminders use the day and month and use a different year)