Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

Figure 15-18 9.Click the OKbutton to save your settings, then click the Closebutton twice to close the open windows. If you’ve c ...

Figure 15-19 For establishing a new wireless network on the Windows Operating System (first time setup), refer to the very detai ...

➟ Does the phone or device have Internet access?If you want to check e-mail or use the Web to look up restaurants or directions ...

information written down, you surely won’t be able to find it once the phone is stolen. ➟ Know how to report harassment or bully ...

Knowing Your Rights and Making a Difference You are part of the brave new world of the Internet. This is a frontier in which law ...

It’s Never the Victim’s Fault In any crime, the predator bears the entire blame. ➟ Predators frequently try to make a victim bel ...

ID Theft Victims’ Rights If you’re a victim of ID theft, you may have months of work ahead of you to clear up your records, but ...

Figure 16-1 Under certain limited circumstances, a collection agency may not be liable for repeated contact with a debtor, even ...

Under certain circumstances, such as errors or con- sumer misrepresentation, the consumer reporting company or the company prov ...

➟ Requires sexually-oriented e-mail to be labeled as such in the subject line. ➟ Requires the physical address of the sender to ...

In a nutshell, we believe every online consumer has these rights: ➟ You have the right to an informed online experience. You sh ...

Figure 16-3 You have the right to set boundaries so that you’re exposed to only the level of potential risk you’re comfortable ...

You have the right to easily report abuse of the products or abuse through the products of you or a loved one. You also have th ...

Demand More from Online Companies Just as not every person is trustworthy, not every company is worthy of your trust in equal me ...

➟ As companies rush to add great new features, such as rich profiles, avatars, extended networking (friends of friends), video a ...

equals more money. It isn’t usually in a company’s financial interest to restrict access even to those users with a history of b ...

There are several areas where current government response is lacking and where you need to demand improvement. ➟ Society has tas ...

he dismissed a lawsuit filed by the parents of a young teen girl against MySpace. According to the Los Angeles Times, Judge Spar ...

➟ Do a comprehensive review of the implications of the existing practices around the Freedom of Information Act. (See Figure 16- ...

346 Part IV: Being Proactive ...