Online Privacy Warm-Up: Mariana Nunes Private English Lessons

Mariana Nunes Private English Lessons
Online privacy
Warm-up
1. What is privacy?
2. Is it desirable thing?
3. How does the meaning change between the real world and the online world?
4. Where and when do they have privacy, and when and where do they do not have
it?
5. What are some ways in which people’s privacy can be compromised?
Reading
1. Read the following text from the website from Norton and discuss:
a) What are some examples of privacy from real life and online life giving in
the text?
b) What are some aspects of the data accessed in the internet?
c) Why is it important to be precautions on your online privacy?
Why your online privacy matters
What Is Privacy?
Privacy is closing your bedroom curtains when getting ready for bed. Privacy is
visiting with your doctor behind closed doors. While in real life this type of privacy
comes naturally, with little thought, in the digital space the idea of privacy is skewed.
Mostly because people don’t really understand what digital privacy entails.
What Exactly Are We Trying to Protect?
People may assume it is all about what they are doing, which is a small piece of
the picture. However, online privacy has less to do with what you are doing, and more
to do with who you are AND what you are doing. On the Internet, data has high value.
It’s stolen, sold, collected and analyzed.
There are many facets to privacy. There’s what you do, and who you are. Who
you are is your personally identifiable information (PII), which is as it sounds--your
name, date of birth, address, Social Security number, phone numbers and more. What
you do are the searches you perform, the websites you visit, the articles you read, even
what you buy online.
Whenever you download an app, visit a website or use a social media platform,
chances are that company is collecting data on you. People are doing so much more
online through their computers and mobile devices today. We make purchases, look up
medical conditions, arrange vacations, interact with friends and relatives, just about
anything imaginable. With these actions, people are inadvertently creating a huge digital
paper trail of data about themselves. While it may not be PII, these companies still track
what you do on the Web and collect that data in order to get a clearer picture of you.
What Can Be Done With My Data?
A complete data set on an individual can fetch a pretty penny, completely legally,
too. There are now companies known as “data brokers” that collect and maintain data
on millions of people, which they analyze, package, and sell without the user’s
knowledge or permission. Data brokers collect and sell information to other companies
for many reasons, including targeted advertising, credit risk assessment, and direct
marketing. Luckily, this data is usually anonymized, and does not contain PII.
Why Is Privacy Important?
We all have things to hide. It could be how much money you make, your medical
records or your bank account number. Hiding things is not bad. I don’t think these are
the types of things you’d like broadcasted on your social network for the entire world to
see. This is why we must strive to protect our right to privacy.
Earlier this year, a young woman purchased a few nondescript items such as
cotton balls, unscented lotion and some vitamins. Based on what the company already
knew about her, they were able to correctly predict that she was pregnant, and began
targeting her for baby items by sending her coupons in the mail. The issue? She was a
teenage girl, and these coupons alerted her father (much to his dismay) that she was
indeed pregnant.
The most important thing to remember about your privacy is that it is YOURS. It
is your information, your habits and patterns, and your actions. Therefore you should
want to protect it in any way possible.
Source: https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-privacy-why-your-online-privacy-
matters.html
Speaking
1. How is privacy affected when someone:

- Knows your name and your age?
- Knows your phone number and home address?
- Knows your favorite snack or TV show?
- Looks into your room?
- Overhears a private conversation?
- Read your emails or instant messages?
- Follows you around all day?
2. Think about every time in your daily live that you lose or give up some of your
privacy, both in the real world and online. Was it by choice? How do you feel
about it?
Listening
1. Let’s understand better how the battle for online privacy is working. Watch the
following video from NBC News and discuss.
a) Why do they say that our internet use is naive?
b) What are online cookies?
c) What kind of information do they collect?
d) What can you do to avoid it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKmO1nPGrVc
Reading
1. A Harvard online magazine also planned some tips on how to protect your online
privacy. Read the following infographic and discuss:
a) Do you already do these activities?
b) What are some things that you should start doing?
c) What other tips would you add to this list?
Graphic by Rebecca Coleman/Harvard Staff
Speaking
About social networks, specifically, discuss:
1. How do you set your privacy settings in your social networks?

2. What information should you not post on a social network site? Give at least
three examples.
3. What should you always consider before posting? Give three examples.
4. How do you decide whether to make someone a friend online? Mention at least
two things you might consider.
5. List three things that:
- Nobody should see about yourself online (information that should be kept
totally private)
- Things only friends and/or your family should see (information that should
be restricted to your family and your real-world friends)
- Things everybody can see (information that can be made fully public).
6. What elements can make a profile personal and interesting, without giving up
too much privacy?
7. Do you think people in general do not pay attention on those things?

8. And teenagers?
Listening
1. How would explain to other people about online privacy?

2. And to a teenager? Or a kid?
3. Watch the following video Cut and discuss:
a) Do parents know how to explain about online privacy?
b) Do parents control their kids’ devices and social media?
c) What are some tips that parents give their kids in this video?
d) Is it a problematic issue? Do you think it is an easy task to show kids the risks
of online data?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_iZ8dg4AzU

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1. How is privacy affected when someone:

Graphic by Rebecca Coleman/Harvard Staff

About social networks, specifically, discuss:

1. How do you set your privacy settings in your social networks?

7. Do you think people in general do not pay attention on those things?

1. How would explain to other people about online privacy?

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