Privacy settings and data protection are the focus of this Grade 7 Computer Science worksheet, helping students understand how account choices and app permissions affect the personal information they share. Students examine privacy controls, data collection, data sharing, permissions, and account options while applying digital citizenship ideas to realistic technology decisions.

Understand what privacy settings control

Students explain how privacy settings can influence who is able to view personal information and online activity. This gives them a practical foundation for thinking about privacy as something users can actively manage rather than a fixed feature of an account.

The lesson also introduces key data protection ideas, including data collection and sharing. Students consider what information may be gathered, how it may be shared, and why account settings matter when managing personal data.

Make sense of app permissions

A central skill in the resource is using permissions settings to decide what information an app can access. Students practice interpreting access choices and thinking about whether an app should be allowed to use particular types of personal information.

This connects privacy concepts with everyday device use. Instead of only defining terms, students apply them when deciding which permissions and account options better protect personal information.

Reduce unnecessary data sharing

Students evaluate common account options and identify choices that can reduce the amount of personal data being shared. This encourages careful decision-making and helps them connect digital citizenship with practical privacy habits.

How students demonstrate their understanding

The worksheet includes multiple-choice questions, true-or-false statements, short-answer responses, a dialogue, matching, a cloze passage, a labeled diagram, a reading passage, and an essay. These formats give students opportunities to explain privacy controls, identify data protection concepts, interpret app permissions, and evaluate safer account settings.

Teacher support included

• The Privacy Settings and Data Protection Basics student worksheet
• A separate Teacher Guide PDF with Learning Objectives
• Teaching Tips for supporting the lesson
• Discussion Questions for extending student reasoning
• Common Mistakes to help teachers address misconceptions

Use this digital privacy worksheet during a digital citizenship lesson, as independent classwork, homework, or review. By connecting privacy settings, app permissions, data collection, data sharing, and account choices, the resource gives Grade 7 students structured practice making more informed decisions about personal information. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}