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Data Privacy Tips For the Elderly In the last couple of decades, computers, the internet, and cyberspace have become very familiar terms worldwide. People are building their lifestyles around the technological factors that presumably make life easier. Older adults are not too savvy when it comes to the internet. Family members will give them devices, but do not take the time to educate them on how they are used. Senior citizens will try using their computers and smartphones, but sometimes they find that they have compromised important information that leads to the senior being scammed, or in the middle of a fraudulent scheme where their identity is stolen, and their finances put in jeopardy.  Teaching your senior loved one how to properly use the internet, and what things to be aware of is essential for the safety of their private data. Starting with how to make sure that a URL is safe to click onto, to computer protection services are things that older adults should know. The