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That’s what this book is meant to do: teach you how to understand and manage the ways you share personal data online as you use the internet to shop, communi- cate with family and friends, manage your household, and keep up with news and events.
In short, this book will teach you how to keep yourself and your data safer online. That matters because all the data about indi- viduals circulating online is more than sufficient to build a detailed profile of anyone’s identity. That means there's enough informa- tion for someone to step into that identity and do bad things to that person or in that person’s name. From outright theft of money and goods to identity
fraud, crimes that originate online can leave painful marks in the real world.
Data care is a way forward
Understanding how easily our personal data leaks out of our control while using the internet should make all of us wary about what we do and where we
go online. But that knowledge shouldn't keep us from ever ven- turing online. Instead, it should focus our attention on data care.
After reading this book, you will understand and be able to prac- tice good data care. Just as we should all be active, informed participants in our own health care, we should be continuously
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