Familiarize learners with the risks and issues posed by data brokers and ways to take action against data brokers
About This Module
This curriculum module is based on takeaways from series two of NYC Digital Safety training videos. You may use this module by:
- Including it in your pre-existing public workshops
- Combining it with other NYC Digital Safety modules to make a longer data-privacy focused workshop
- Sharing the handout with library users at various service points
Downloadable presentation slides, a facilitation guide, and a handout can be found below. The handout from this module has been translated into Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Russian, and Spanish.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, learners will be able to:
- Define data brokers
- Discuss the issues and risks associated with data brokers
- Identify different approaches for dealing with the risks posed by data brokers
Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is also included in the downloadable facilitation guide below. You are welcome to use any and all of this, or adapt it as you see fit.
This module will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.
Introduction and welcome
Greet learners and review the plan for this module
Defining data brokers
Briefly define data brokers and pause to see if anyone has any questions
How data brokers work and what issues they pose
Review how data brokers operate, what they are, and the issues that they create and pose. Pause to see if anyone has a question or needs anything clarified
Activity: Discuss the risks and challenges of data brokers
Ask learners what other risks or issues do they think are associated with data brokers
Ways to deal with issues posed by data brokers
Talk with learners about what they might do differently having heard this lesson
Activity: Discuss digital security approaches to avoiding data brokers
Have your learners discuss and brainstorm about ways to use digital security approaches to avoid and deal with data brokers
Wrap up, final tips, and final questions
Review the closing thoughts and share the suggested resources. See if anyone has any final questions
Next Steps
Download the materials below for use in your workshop or at service points throughout your library.
If you plan to create a longer privacy-focused workshop using these materials, here is a link to Google slides. Feel free to make a copy if you’d like to add these slides to any other deck.
And please let us know how it went! Use this form to share your feedback on this module. We’d love to hear from you.