Online Privacy

1. Curriculum standards

Identify the reasons for people to share information about themselves online
Point out the differences between personal and private information
Decide not to share private information

2. Objectives

The student learns to act safely and responsibly, understanding the security rules related to sharing content in digital environments.
The student recognizes that it is good practice to seek permission from the person being photographed. They understand that a picture cannot be published without consent.
The student can share their safety-related experiences encountered in digital services.

3. Key concepts

Data Protection
- The purpose of data protection is to safeguard individuals' personal information. Such information includes, for example, name, date of birth, address, and phone number.

4. Discussion questions (5 mins):

Is the internet always safe? What is safe and what is not? (student's own answer, discussion)
What kind of information is not advisable to share with strangers, for example, online? (e.g., your address, name, school)
Why is it not a good idea to share this personal information with strangers? (e.g., someone could misuse it)
What kind of information can you share online with others? (e.g., general information that doesn't reveal your identity)
What kind of pictures can you post on the internet? (e.g., ones for which you have obtained permission and that don't contain any personal information about you or others)
What kind of pictures require separate permission? (e.g., if someone can be identified in the picture or if their home is recognizable)

5. Online learning (10-20 mins)

In the lesson, we explore the Castle of Privacy and gather numbers to unlock a treasure chest. At the same time, we learn important skills for protecting information online. At the basic level, we learn to identify things related to privacy. At the advanced level, we practice using these skills more deeply.

6. Offline assignments (10-15 mins)

Privacy Vacuum Cleaner Comic

Plan a four-panel comic where the scary Privacy Vacuum Cleaner tries to suck up everyone's secret information from the internet. A hero arrives to prevent false information from getting into the privacy vacuum cleaner. Come up with a name for the hero. Draw the story in comic form and create suitable speech bubbles. Give the comic an appropriate name.

Introduce Yourself

Practice introducing yourself with information that wouldn't be suitable for a hacker. As a group with the teacher, think about and draw/write things about yourself that wouldn't identify you if you shared them online, e.g., your pet, favorite food, best TV show, favorite game, dearest hobby, favorite recess activity, etc.

Who Is the Hacker Game

In this game, the hacker tries to break into people's or companies' information for the wrong reasons. The white-hat hacker tries to expose the actions of criminal hackers and help. One student is chosen as the white-hat hacker and goes outside the classroom. From the remaining students, one is chosen as the mean hacker. The mean hacker performs made-up movements, which the rest of the class immediately starts imitating. Now the class has been hacked. The hacker occasionally changes the movement, and the rest of the class carefully observes when the movement changes. Changing the movement must be done discreetly so that it's not revealed who the class is following.

The white-hat hacker is let into the class to observe who might be the hacker. They point to their suspicion. If the suspicion is correct, new hackers and a new white-hat hacker are chosen.

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