PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

TRAINING & EDUCATION PROGRAM

THE PROBLEM

Our personal information is critical to our lives in the Digital Age.  Yet most people lack a basic awareness of the privacy risks they face in their daily lives, how they can keep their data secure, and how they can protect themselves from identity theft.

Students and educators — and everyone else — must learn about privacy.  It is one of the basic facets of life today.

 

THE SOLUTION

TeachPrivacy offers a complete program to educate students, educators, administrators, and staff about privacy.  Our program consists of a series of short videos and guides.  Our materials cover:

1. What Is Privacy?  Why Does It Matter?
2. A History of Privacy
3. Identity Theft

Our program includes:

• Videos and curriculum materials and guides for 1 to 3 class hours with students
• Videos and guides to train administrators, teachers, and staff (less than 1 hour total)

HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM

1. Show videos to students and use our curriculum guides to engage in a discussion with students.

2. Show videos to educators – each topic is about 15 minutes and can be covered individually or all at once.

A SAMPLE OF OUR MATERIALS

 

1. Videos

What Is Privacy? Why Does It Matter? (Preview) This video provides an in-depth awareness about information privacy and explains the various threats and risks to privacy in today’s digital age.
A History of Privacy (Preview) This video discusses the history of privacy from antiquity to present day.

 

2. Guides

 

What Is Privacy? Why Does It Matter? This guide provides a brief overview of what privacy is and why school officials should care about it. The guide discusses the history of privacy and the development of Fair Information Practices, the backbone to privacy law in the United States and around the world.  This guide is useful for promoting general awareness about privacy.  A slightly different version of this guide is available for students.

How to Create a Privacy Policy for Your Website This guide explains in simple steps what elements you should have in the privacy policy to your school’s website.