Today you will
- check what a stranger can see about you online
- tighten the privacy settings in Chrome
- pick one change to make to your footprint this week
Your digital footprint is everything about you that people can find online.
Warm-up
Think of the app you use most. Could a stranger see your full name, school, face or location on it? Keep your guess. You will test it soon.
Your digital footprint is everything about you online, including what others post.
Privacy settings decide who can see your posts.
The public view is what a stranger sees when they are not signed in.
GDPR is the EU law that protects your personal data. It lets you ask a company what data it holds on you, or ask it to delete it.
Aoife checked Instagram in a private window and saw her school jumper. She took her school name out of her bio.
Use Google Chrome for this lesson. Watch your teacher first, then follow the steps for your device in the box below.
Use a private window for any search about yourself. If anything upsets you, tell your teacher quietly.
If you get stuck
- If you can't find Privacy and security, type privacy in the search box at the top of Settings.
- If your search shows someone else with your name, only write down results that are clearly about you.
- If you don't use social media, check your school email name and your browser settings instead.
- If something online upsets you, stop and tell your teacher quietly.
Independent Practice
- In {{code:Project_Portfolio/09_specialism/sm4}}, make a document called {{code:sm4_digital_footprint_audit}}.
- Type these five headings down the page.
Platforms I use
Publicly visible
Browser privacy finding
GDPR note
One change this week
- Write a few short lines under each heading, using your notes.
- Under GDPR note, name one right and where you would start, like Privacy Centre. Don't send a request.
- Under One change this week, say what you will do, when, and why it matters for your Something Real project.
- My file is saved in {{code:09_specialism/sm4}}.
- It says what a stranger can see about me.
- It has one browser finding and one GDPR right.
- It has one change I will make this week, and why.
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