COAP:Privacy

Introduction

This page includes the program and the resources for the module on privacy

Day one

Let's see how you are tracked

Install the Lightbeam and Ghostery extensions according to instructions

• Lightbeam. Will tell you who is spying on you. When you start it, it will track and visualize all websites that interact with your page and your browser.

• Ghostery is a browser plugin that “sees the invisible web - tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons. Ghostery tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.”

See what Google knows about you:

• Ads settings

Quiz on privacy

• Santa Clara University

Presentation of 1 or 2 cases

• ... to do

Discussion

• Why does privacy matter ?

Regulations

• Privacy and data projection laws in Europe, Switzerland and the EU

Protection strategies

• What can a user do ?

Day two

Presentations / discussion

• Short presentations of readings

A common text

• Summary of issues
• Minimal ethical guidelines
• Advice for protection

Reading list

• Sources: ACM/IEEE and classes on compute ethics, e.g. Privacy online