Phishing

Driver's License

16 years and 3 months is the minimum age to obtain your license

P2P File Sharing

A practice in which individuals can obtain music, video, and other types of files from other users on a network; sometimes the files are shared without authorization from the copyright holder.

Pharming

An online scam that attacks the browser's address bar. Users type in what they think is a valid website address and are unknowingly redirected to an illegitimate site that steals their personal information.

DOB

Date of birth.

Text Message Scam

When you receive a text message containing such a message as you won a prize.

Credit Report

a report on a person's creditworthiness that includes identifying information, credit cards, late payments, bankruptcies, and savings balances

Password

a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

phishing

a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent e-mail

Pre-Approved Credit Card

means that someone who is going to lend you money feels that your credit is good enough to approve you immediately without a credit check

Privacy Policy

policy that indicates what kind of information a website will take from you and what they intend to do with it

Social Security Number

the number of a particular individual's social security account

Padlock Symbol

whats tells you that the website is secure in the browser