Child Protection Belgium Project #21228

Educate and empower children on online privacy

by European Digital Rights

Project Report | Feb 18, 2016
Very first sneak preview of the booklet!

By Kirsten Fiedler | Project Leader

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Help us reach our goal!

Last time we reported here, we were deeply immersed in our research and preparatory phase. In the past weeks, we got started with the actual creation of a booklet to educate and empower kids (ages 10-12) on online privacy.

Unfortuantely, we haven't reached our funding goal at all and would therefore be super happy if you could help us reach it:Just send this project to your friends and family!

This would enable us directly to produce and include ten awesome privacy superheroes and villains into our concept, to organise translations and print it in different countries for distribution at schools and other insitutions.

Regarding the content of the booklet, we've made amazing progress. The booklet will be composed of the following chapters:

1. What‘s the Internet?

2. Why should I protect my Communication?

3. What is privacy?

4. Privacy Rulez!

5. Protecting yourself on Social Networks

6. Smartphone Security

7. How to do safer messaging

8. Photo and Video sharing

9. Surfing the Internet

10. Password Security

11. Apps we like

As we explained previously, all chapters will also serve as the basis for stand-alone flyers focusing on one single topic. The material produced will be made available as free downloads on our website so that it can be easily printed and used in schools, at home and elsewhere. We will distribute printed copies in as many countries as we can.

A first draft is almost ready, the revised chapters will now be sent out for a final approval to the contributors… but we've tried your patience long enough. Here's a sneak preview of the booklet:

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Nov 24, 2015
We're rolling!

By Kirsten | project lead

Our superheroes will fight for your privacy

Thank you again for your contributions, feedback and your kind donations! We've received so many encouraging comments that we’ve decided to go ahead with the project... which also means that we're still accepting donations :)

Our goal: To educate and empower kids (ages 10-12) on online privacy. Before launching ourselves, we had a look around to analyse existing work in this field in order to fill the gaps. We've also collected information on what kind of formats and themes our target group would appreciate the most.

We're excited to build on the really good work that is already out there – by our national members (like the Chaos macht Schule, from CCC and Digitale Gesellschaft in Germany, AptiRo in Romania, Modern Poland Foundation or Metamorphosis in Macedonia), and others like the Internetstiftelsen in Sweden...

...and we've now started with the creation of a booklet by mapping our network for specialists to contribute with contents related to their topics of expertise.

The booklet will be composed of 7-10 chapters, including for example hands-on guides and cartoons. The individual chapters will also serve as the basis for stand-alone flyers focusing on one single topic. All of the material produced will be made available as free downloads on our website so that it can be easily printed and used in schools, at home and elsewhere. We will distribute printed copies in as many countries as we can.

The chapters will focus on questions such as

why kids should protect their communications
what privacy actually is
how to do safer messaging
how important strong passwords are
how to improve the security of their smartphones

We hope to have a first draft of the material within the next couple of months, to start printing and translating into many different languages during the first months of 2016. If our resources allow it, we will produce additional detailed background information for parents and teachers, as well as suggested exercises and activities to support learning.

If you have suggestions concerning the contents or format of this educational material, we would be happy to hear your ideas and tips. If you're interested in getting involved in the project and in helping us to translate or distribute the material once it's ready, please let us know by sending us an email to brussels(at)edri.org!

By the way: We continue to accept donations for this project – the more we can collect, the more translations and print-outs we can do and the more we can distribute in schools!

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