Privacy settings and data protection are essential digital citizenship skills for Grade 7 Computer Science students. This worksheet explores how online privacy controls, application permissions, strong passwords, software updates, and privacy policies help users make informed decisions about their personal information. Students examine realistic online situations and evaluate practical ways to reduce the risk of unauthorized access and unnecessary data sharing.

What Students Will Explore

Students investigate the difference between controlling who can view online content and protecting the information applications collect. They consider why a video application may need camera access while a calculator generally does not need access to contacts. The reading passage also explains why privacy settings cannot guarantee complete privacy and how approved viewers may still copy or share content.

Key concepts include privacy settings, permissions, personal information, data collection, privacy policies, strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, and software updates. Students apply these concepts to account management and online sharing decisions rather than treating privacy as a single setting or tool.

Activities and Practice

The worksheet combines reading, vocabulary reinforcement, visual interpretation, and written reasoning. Students work through a dialogue-based activity, matching pairs, and a cloze passage that reinforces important privacy and security terminology. A labeled diagram activity provides an additional opportunity to examine the topic visually.

A reading passage titled around online privacy and data protection provides the context for multiple-choice questions, true-or-false statements, and short-answer responses. An extended-response scenario asks students to evaluate a new online platform's profile requests, location and contact permissions, and audience settings. Students must explain specific protective actions and why different safeguards matter.

Included in This Resource

• Printable Grade 7 Computer Science worksheet on digital citizenship, privacy settings, and data protection.
• Reading passage explaining online information collection, application permissions, account security, and privacy choices.
• Dialogue, matching pairs, cloze exercise, and labeled diagram activity.
• Multiple-choice, true-or-false, short-answer, and extended-response questions.
• Separate PDF teacher guide containing learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes.

Classroom Use

Use this digital citizenship worksheet during a Computer Science lesson on online privacy, as guided reading followed by independent practice, or as a review of responsible account management. The scenario-based questions can prompt discussion about whether an application genuinely needs requested information, who should see a post, and how users can review their account settings. The extended response provides an opportunity to assess whether students can justify several privacy-protection decisions in a connected situation.

The accompanying teacher guide offers preparation and discussion support, including common mistakes to address when students consider permissions and privacy controls. This resource is suitable for classroom instruction, individual practice, or homework focused on making safer and more informed online choices. The resource uses a general curriculum framework rather than claiming alignment to a specific named standard.