In this workshop we will:

• Learn about our personal data, how it is collected, and its potential uses
• Reflect on how these practices impact our personal lives and society as a whole
• Discuss how we can make informed, intentional choices to safeguard our privacy

Image adapted from "Privacy" by g4ll4is via flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0

  This workshop is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Chisholm, A., & Hartman-Caverly, S. (2018). Privacy workshop.  ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Sandbox.  https://sandbox.acrl.org/library-collection/privacy-workshop

Visit each station posted throughout the room and answer the questions:

• Where have you left data tracks today?
• What data do you think is collected about you regularly?
• What apps do you use daily?  Weekly?
• What steps do you already take to protect your data?  If you have never thought about it, share that too!
• What does privacy mean to you?

Explore the links below to garner a better understanding of what metadata is being collected about your online behaviors and activities.  

What surprised you about the data that browsers track?  Are your ad profiles creepily accurate, or bizarrely inaccurate?  Share examples in the Padlet below!

In your group, select an article from your assigned category about how automatically monitored data is being collected and modeled in a variety of contexts.  

Be prepared to report back to the class on the positive and negative impacts of these practices on individuals…and society!

Assigned category / topic (select from articles listed below):

• Breakout Group 1 - Health & Wellness
• Breakout Group 2 - Social Justice / Civil Rights
• Breakout Group 3 - Consumer Privacy
• Breakout Group 4 - Generative AI
• Breakout Group 5 - Intimate Privacy
• Breakout Group 6 - Employment & Labor Force

Health & Wellness

Want more Health & Wellness? Join us for the Digital Wellness Workshop!

Social Justice / Civil Rights

Want more social justice? Join us for Data Justice: Examining Discriminating Systems and Tech Power!

Consumer Privacy

Want more Consumer Privacy? Join us for the Digital Shred Workshop!

Generative AI

Want more Generative AI? Join us for the Hidden Layer Workshop!

Intimate Privacy

Want more Intimate Privacy? Join us for the Private Bits Workshop!

Employment & Labor Force

Want more Employment & Labor Force? Join us for the Digital Leadership Workshop!

Download the Personal Data Plan file and begin reflecting on the guiding questions on the first page.  The second page includes a Data Privacy Checklist to help you conduct risk-benefit analysis for the various apps and technology that you use day-to-day.