Privacy literacy is an essential life skill. So having conversations about the tools that people are excited to use and how they can tell whether it will protect their data is extremely important.

The questions below are what people should ask themselves when vetting new tools and platforms; these are the questions that tend to elicit the most red flags.

Does the product collect Personally Identifiable Information? (200words)

Does the vendor scrub the Personally identifiable information (PII) from deleted accounts? (200words)

Does the vendor share information they collect? If yes. With whom? (200words)

What are the age restrictions?(200words)

Does the product display targeted ads?(200words)