Accidentally opened spam email from Dropbox

I accidently opened an email link to Dropbox.com that was apparently spam.  Have I compromised my iPad 2 (iOS 8.1,0.1)?  If so, what do I do?

Did you provide/input  any passwords?  If so, change those passwords immediately.  Otherwise, you should be fine.  Delete the email & empty the trash.
Also open Settings->Safari->Clear History & Website Data.

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    '''what is a limited user account? Also, I am now busy adding a password to my computer and making all files private through User Accounts. Would that help do you think?'''
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