FIU Digital Footprint Discussion

Online Privacy Assignment

Curious about your digital footprint? Curious about what Google knows about you? Curious about how we regularly volunteer information about ourselves when we sign up for “free” services?

With the Online Privacy Assignment, you will be able to assess your digital footprint, and reflect upon how you can minimize it, and how you can protect yourself online.

Privacy is becoming a component of a competitive advantage for organizations, and reflecting upon your experiences with privacy (as you fish for traces of yourself on the internet) will prepare you for a future where you are responsible for how an organization handles the privacy of its customers.Steps for this assignment:

1. Watch “What Do Your Digital Footprints Say About You? (Links to an external site.)” (TEDxYouth@Manchester, 2016)
2. Read “Digital Billboards Are Tracking You. And They Really, Really Want You to See Their Ads. (Links to an external site.)” (Germain, 2019)
3. Read “5 Tips for Managing your Digital Footprint and Online Reputation (Links to an external site.)” (McAffee, 2018)

The resources I include above are a good starting point, and so is Chapter 4 of the textbook, though I encourage you to explore further if you would like to incorporate other resources in your paper. Consumer Reports has aggregated many articles on the subject available at org/issue/data-privacy” target=”_blank” class=”external” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>https://www.consumerreports.org/issue/data-privacy (Links to an external site.).

What should be included in your submission?

Submit as a Microsoft Word document – no .pages or .PDF.

1. Answers to the following questions:
   • What does privacy mean to you (consider ethics as you think through this)? (200-300 words)
   • How can you manage your digital footprint? (200-300 words)
   • What legal structures are surfacing regarding privacy? Tip: consider privacy in the U.S. and globally – it isn’t the same! (consider looking for more information on GDPR and CCPA). Is privacy the same everywhere? Give examples (200-300 words)
   • How does privacy relate to your respective major? (100-200 words)

Be sure to read the rubric below before submitting your assignment and as a reminder that each submission is scanned by Turnitin for plagiarism detection. Note: the score is also scaled appropriately if you do not meet the minimum word count. As an example, if you submit 200 words total, the highest score you could receive is a 2.86 (28.6% of the total score).