Summary

Summary of online privacy, Internet privacy, data security threats, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), anonymous browsing, private messaging, secure email, Edward Snowden

According to a the Pew Research Center, 91 percent of adults strongly agree that consumers have lost control of how personal information is collected. As a society, and particularly in light of recent events, we know we are “leaking” data. We know that it’s concerning.

But with the rapid rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence, it remains to be seen what this epidemic loss of “information control” will mean for us in the future. Just how concerning will it be?

And yet, a quick review of keyword searches in Google at the time of writing shows that few people are concerned to the point of actual action.

By completing the Privacy Protection training you have taken active steps to seek knowledge about this important issue and how it affects you and society as a whole. In this course we showed how privacy in the digital age impacts the cornerstone concept of freedom and what you can do to incorporate privacy into your online life. We trust that you have found our training interesting, informative and helpful.

In closing we would like to pay tribute to Edward Snowden with his own words: “Study after study has shown that human behavior changes when we know we’re being watched. Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.”

Stand tall in the protection of your right to privacy.

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With thanks, The Internet Privacy Team