- What is privacy?
- How do you maintain your privacy at home?
- At school?
- On the Internet?
- When using Facebook?
- When you travel?
- When talking on the phone?
- What are some reason why privacy is important for you?
- To what extent do public officials have a right to privacy?
- Do you think the government has the right to read your email?
- What are your privacy setting on Facebook?
- How can using social networking sites invade your privacy?
- What do you think about being fingerprinted when you enter a country?
- How have you invaded someones privacy without realizing it was important the that person?
- To what extent do public officials have a right to privacy?
- How can the press balance freedom of expression with respect for privacy?
- In your opinion, which of the following pose a threat to privacy?
- Cookies on your PC
- CCTV in supermarkets, Safety cameras in the street
- Employers monitoring employees’ use of the internet and email
- Hidden cameras in private homes (e.g. to check on babysitters)
- RFID “spy chips” (= radio frequency identification tags: minuscule microchips, which are used to identify things)
- Banks keeping tabs on your financial history
- Mobile phones with tracking systems
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