To help you stay safe online, we've created The Privacy Project. A broadcast covering topics such as digital safety, cybercrime, and social media. We received help for this from pupils, parents, colleagues, and our expert: Barend Frans. Barend works for the Amsterdam police in the Digital Investigations team and specialises in Cybercrime & Digitised Crime.
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The broadcast covers various topics, which we will elaborate on further below. There are also links included so you can read more.
Personal data
All information that can identify you is called ‘personal data’. This includes, for example, your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, and photograph. Within the EU, there is a privacy law (the GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation) that protects your personal data. Therefore, if we want to use your photograph for an article in the newsletter or for our information magazine, we must first check with you to ensure you are happy with this.
We do this all at once via Somtoday. This has a privacy module included, where you can fill in what you do or do not give permission for. You can also state, for example, that your photo may be used in the newsletter, but not on the website. You are under 16, your parent(s)/carer(s) will decide this for you, and from the age of 16 you can give permission yourself.
Haven't you filled in the privacy module yet? You can read here how that works.
Phishing
Cybercriminals use phishing emails to steal your login details. You could receive a message from your bank, a web shop, or your mobile provider with a link to log in. However, if you then enter your details, it turns out to be phishing and the cybercriminals have got your login information.
Tips:
- Always check the email address to see if it is correct. The names in the email address may be the same, but the email address itself could be different. If an email address has a lot of letters and numbers, that's often a clue.
- How's the spelling in the email? Do you see a lot of spelling mistakes, or is it a very pushy email? There's a good chance it's spam.
- Don't just click on links or files if you're not sure whether this email is safe.
- If you're unsure, pop by ICT.
- Are you sure it's phishing? If so, mark the email as spam and report it. ICT can then ensure that the sender can no longer email an address at Tabor College.
Social media
If you're active on social media yourself, you'll know it can be both fun and really rubbish. Because what one student finds a funny video, another might experience as online bullying. And that's not even mentioning dangerous challenges, identity fraud, blackmail, and the misuse of photos and videos. Make sure you stay safe online and think carefully before you share anything.
Tips:
- Is something happening that makes you feel uncomfortable? Don't bottle it up; always make sure to talk to someone about it. You can also do this online via www.helpwanted.nl.
- Via www.meldknop.nl Can you report this to the police?.
- If you see something bad happen, like an accident, don't film it, see if you can help instead. If there's enough help, it's better to leave.
The social media rules for Tabor College students are in the knowledge base.
VPN
A VPN can reroute the traffic on your iPad, making it appear as though you are somewhere else. We've secured the school iPads so that all fun apps will disappear as soon as you install a VPN. We don't do this to annoy you, but because free VPNs pose a significant security risk to your iPad. All data sent through the VPN is sold to third parties. That's something to remember anyway: if something is free, you're often paying with your personal data.