The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy: Practical Tips for Staying Safe Online (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781593276485)

The whirlwind of social media, online dating, and mobile apps can make life a dream--or a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, and scam artists who want to harvest your personal information for their own purposes. But you can fight back, right now.

In The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy, award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you how women are targeted online and how to keep yourself safe. Blue's practical, user-friendly advice will teach you how to:
-Delete personal content from websites
-Use website and browser privacy controls effectively
-Recover from and prevent identity theft
-Figure out where the law protects you--and where it doesn't
-Set up safe online profiles
-Remove yourself from people-finder websites

Even if your privacy has already been compromised, don't panic. It's not too late to take control. Let The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy help you cut through the confusion and start protecting your online life.

Author: Violet Blue
ISBN-10: 1593276486
ISBN-13: 9781593276485
Publisher: No Starch Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2015
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 132
Foreword 08/27/2015
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most