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WENDY

Hello, and welcome to Week 4: Staying safe. This week we’ll be looking at how you can look after yourself, protect yourself while working online, and stay safe and legal.

KATHARINE

You sometimes hear about online scams, don’t you. Has anything like that ever happened to you, Wendy?

WENDY

A while ago, last year, my husband’s card details were ‘harvested’ somehow online. We don’t know for sure if it was online, but we think so. The bank, however, were brilliant. They worked with us to trace everything back and they picked up the costs.

KATHARINE

That’s really good to know. So this week, you’ll be learning how you can protect yourself online: how you can set good passwords, steer clear of computer viruses, and we’ll be touching on the whole area of digital well-being.