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Lab #2 - Assessment Worksheet

Obtaining Personally Identifiable Information through Internet Research Course Name and Number: ________________________________________________________________

Student Name: ________________________________________________________________

Instructor Name: ________________________________________________________________

Lab Due Date: ________________________________________________________________

Lab Assessment Questions

1. Complete the following table to describe the results you discovered about your own personally identifiable information on the Internet.

Search Engine Was personal information returned? (Yes or No)

Dogpile.com

InstantCheckmate.com

AlltheInternet.com

WhitePages.com

ZabaSearch.com

Your local government website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

2. Was there enough personal information returned that could potentially be used for identity theft? Explain why or why not.

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

3. How can identity thieves take advantage of social networking users to steal personal information?

4. According to Facebook.com, who owns the information posted by a user? Include specific text from Facebook.com in your answer.

5. What is a security feature you should always look for in any website that will ask for personal information to share with others?

6. What implications can the social networking sites have for job applicants?

7. What is the risk of combining your family and personal friends with your business contacts and associates?

8. What type of personal information could an attacker obtain from a user profile on LinkedIn.com that he or she could use for identity theft?

9. Suppose someone posted your highly confidential personal information on a social networking site, and you wish to have the results removed from the Google search engine. Describe some actions you could take to have the information removed.

10. How does one find publicly available records online?

11. What are some options if you wish to continue using Twitter.com, but need to protect the information you send from public view?

12. List the type of information you can obtain from a background search on sites such as InstantCheckmate.com.

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