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Slide 1: TECHNO-TONOMY Learning Module 3: Protecting Privacy: Name or Nym Privacy & Autonomy in a Networked World
Slide 2: Learning Module 3: Name or Nym?
Slide 3: Celebrity Factor • What is a “celebrity”? • Celebrities play a significant role in shaping our values. • Technology has provided a means through which the public can learn more about the private lives of celebrities.
Slide 4: Celebrity Factor • The desire to be “known” and to be popular is one of the benefits that you can experience online. • When you disclose your personal information, you risk losing control of your privacy. • How do you determine which information is OK to disclose to others and which you should keep private?
Slide 5: Pseudonymity • Creating a “new” identity to avoid identification; masking your “true” identity. • “NYM” – alternate identity, email address, screen name.
Slide 6: Pseudonymity • Pseudonymity allows you to maintain a sense of control over which parts of your identity are expressed to the public, while at the same time, allowing you to “try-on” new identities. • Individuals using the Internet are vulnerable to losing control of their personal information. Creating an “Internet identity” might be one way to keep your personal information private.
Slide 7: Pseudonymity • there are circumstances when the law requires that individuals identify themselves accurately. (ie. Contracts) • Impersonating another person or providing false information in an agreement, contract, or even shopping online is against the law.
Slide 8: Privacy Policies • Reading privacy policies can tell us for what purposes our personal information will be used.
Slide 9: Name or Nym: Summary • Pseudonymity is a method of protecting privacy by creating a “new identity” through which to engage in online activities.
Slide 10: Name or Nym Summary • It is important to distinguish between circumstances when it is permissible to use a pseudonym and times when it might be illegal. • Privacy policies on websites outline the ways in which personal information will be used.
Slide 11: Name or Nym: Questions • How does technology enable us to invade the private lives of celebrities? Do you think this is fair? • What are some of the ways that new technologies can enable users to become “cyber-celebrities? • What are the benefits of having a personal webpage, chatting online, or having a blog? What are the problems?
Slide 12: Name or Nym: Questions • How can users protect their privacy while still enjoying many of the opportunities that the internet offers? • How often do you read privacy policies on websites? What information on privacy would you like to see on websites?