End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a method of implementing a secure communication system where only the sender and intended recipient can read the messages. It prevents data from being read or secretly modified, except by the sender and intended recipients.

Digital Safety is behavioural. It’s about human interaction and personal habits that keep you away from harm while online.

Apps or websites used to pay for things or send money securely through the internet. Common examples include digital wallets (like Apple Pay or Google Pay) and money-transfer services (like PayPal) that let you pay without using physical cash or paper cheques.

Digital Finance refers to the use of digital technologies to manage money, make payments, access financial services, and carry out financial activities more efficiently.

A helpful computer program built into your smartphone, tablet, or a standalone tabletop speaker that listens to your spoken requests and talks back to answer them.

A highly realistic digital forgery, usually a video or audio recording, created using artificial intelligence to make a person appear to say or do something they never actually did. The word combines deep learning (a type of smart technology) and fake.

Data Protection is the set of laws and technical safeguards designed to keep your personal information safe from being misused, stolen, or shared without your permission.

A collection of raw facts, numbers, words, or pictures. In everyday life, data is individual pieces of information gathered from the world around us, like the temperature outside, a grocery price, or a photo you snap. On its own, a single piece of data is just a standalone fact. However, when a computer, smartphone, or wearable device collects these pieces through its sensors and apps, it connects them together to show you something useful, like a text message, your daily step count, or a weather report.

A cookie is a small text file (note) stored on your device that acts like a digital ID tag, allowing algorithms to track your browsing habits and remember who you are to serve you personalised content or ads.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science dedicated to creating systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning from experience, and solving complex problems.