Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

➟ Look for the site’s privacy policy.Even when a site

has been tested to ensure that it won’t dump mali-

cious software on your computer, you still need to

evaluate if the site is ethical. A site’s privacy policy

should answer your questions about how it treats and

uses personal information and whether third parties

will have access to your information, and it should

provide assurances about the accuracy of the informa-

tion on its Web site, its level of security, and so on.

If you can’t easily find the site’s privacy policy, go

elsewhere!

Figure 4-3

Explore Browser Navigation

After you’ve connected to the Internet, you’re ready to set foot into the

virtual world. The first thing you should know is how to navigate the

Web by using a browser. Internet Explorer (also called, simply, IE) from

McAfee SiteAdvisor indicates trustworthy sites

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