🧩a piece🪪your name🏠your address🎂your birthday📦keep them safe
Pieces of who you are.
The big ideaPieces of who you are can be joined up. Share the fewest.
How it works
Pieces of who you are are things like your full name, birthday, address and phone number. Numbers are pieces too, like an ID number or a number on a card.
On its own, a piece is small, like one blue puzzle piece. Many pieces together can show a whole picture of you.
Identity theft is when someone uses pieces of you to pretend to be you. That is why pieces are worth keeping safe.
Rule one: share the fewest pieces and ask, "Why do they need this?" The less a place has, the less anyone can join up.
A piece of me, or a fun fact?A form asks for a piece of you.
Example 1: The sea animal quiz
A quiz asks for a name, a birthday with the year and a street, for a game about sea animals.
A game does not need any of them.
Hana closes the quiz and tells Nana Rosa.
Example 2: The free cake form
A form wants a full name, a birthday, an address and a phone number for a free cake.
A cake shop needs none of them.
Tobias and Hana ask a grown-up first.
Four boxes for one cake?
Example 3: A letter about a card
Nana Rosa got a letter about a new card she never asked for.
She got help from Uncle Remy and called the card company.
It took a few calls and patience, and it was put right.
Words to know
identity theft
When someone uses pieces of you to pretend to be you.
piece
A bit of information that points to you.
fun fact
Something that does not point to you.
Watch out
Some places really do need a piece, like a school for your address or a doctor for your birthday. A grown-up chose those.
Nana said, "I was not careless," because pieces can be found in many places.
A password stays with your family, because nobody else needs it.
You are never in trouble for telling, or for nearly typing.
Try it
Is your favorite color a piece of you or a fun fact?
A quiz for a game asks for your birthday and street. What do you do?
Who is a password for?
Which rule is best?
Answers: 1. A fun fact · 2. Stop and ask a grown-up · 3. Family only · 4. Share the fewest pieces
Try at homeAsk a grown-up which pieces of you are kept private and who really needs them, like school and the doctor, then make a short list together.
For grown-upsMake a short list together of who really needs which pieces of your child, like school and the doctor, and keep it with other family papers.
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