Managing personal data and privacy

What you learn at this level

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  Being aware that every time one goes online, one shares information and data about oneself, one's purchasing interests and one's behaviour with the search engines, social media and/or the sites one visits

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  Knowing it is not easy to delete personal data or information after having shared them, or to transfer them to another service provider

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  Understanding that clicking "I accept" to a “Privacy policy” may mean that one agrees that one's personal data may be sold to third parties

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  Knowing which measures to take to protect and manage personal data and privacy to avoid fraud

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  Understanding that assumptions are made about behaviour and purchasing interests based on automated processing of data (profiling)

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  Knowing where to go and who to talk to when one is concerned about personal data use

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  Being aware that personal data are also collected, processed and stored outside the EU, and that different data protection rules may in some cases apply

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  Knowing how to find out how personal data are being used by third parties

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  Being aware that personal data can be sold and used by third parties for targeted marketing purposes

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  Knowing that in the digital marketplace some goods and services can be acquired for “free” in exchange for one's personal data, and realising the implications of these exchanges

What you learn at this level

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  Reviewing privacy policies and identifying key terms about personal data use

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  Identifying privacy policy terms that are a threat to data privacy

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  Checking privacy policies to verify whether personal data are sold or transferred to third parties

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  Being able to change the privacy settings on social media

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  Checking what data protection rules apply and using one’s rights to access, modify and suppress personal data

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  Being able to access and modify or request deletion of personal data given to a seller

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  Knowing how to claim the right to be forgotten

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  Verifying the level of security offered by e-commerce platforms, sites or apps and (free) digital services

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  Setting privacy enhancing tools to protect the privacy of one’s personally identifiable information

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  Weighing benefits and risks when/if sharing data in digital environments

What you learn at this level

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  Being responsible for protecting one’s and others’ personal data when making online purchases

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  Valuing the protection of personal data when shopping online

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  Weighing the benefits of sharing personal and consumer data (e.g. to receive personalised suggestions, auto-complete forms) against the risks (e.g. profiling, identity theft, fraud, unsecure transactions)