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Lesson 05 of 066 min

Privacy & Personal Information

Your personal information, like your Aadhaar number, address, OTPs and live location, is valuable to scammers. Protecting your privacy means choosing carefully what you share and who can see it.

From our Digital Guidebook · Privacy settings

In this lesson you will

  • Know which details to keep private
  • Control what apps can access
  • Set who can see and contact you

Sort it

Share or keep private?

Sort each situation.

  • Your Aadhaar number, to a caller offering a prize

  • Your OTP, to a “bank officer”

  • Your favourite cricket team, in a public post

  • Your live location, to a stranger online

  • Holiday photos, after you are back home

How to

Check which apps can see what

Following along on your phone? Tick each step as you go.

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Privacy settings worth knowing

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Protecting your details

Do

  • Keep ID numbers, OTPs and PINs to yourself
  • Review app permissions every few months
  • Keep social accounts private

Don’t

  • Post your address, phone number or school
  • Fill “free gift” forms with personal details
  • Allow every permission an app asks for

Test yourself

Quick check

0 of 2 answered

  1. 01A caller offering a prize asks for your Aadhaar number. What do you do?
  2. 02When is it safest to post holiday photos?