Tools & Resources
With the “Unstatistics of the Month”, the psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, statistician Walter Krämer, Katharina Schüller and RWI Vice President Thomas K. Bauer scrutinise both recently published figures and their interpretations every month. … Unstatistics wants to contribute to a factual and reasonable handling of data and facts. All issues of Read more…
Watch Your Web – produced by IJAB – Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. Over the course of a day, the infographic exemplifies a series of stations where data is produced, shared, and interpreted. At the end of the day, the conclusions add up to a profile with Read more…
Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) (2016): Selbstdatenschutz! Tipps, Tricks und Klicks, München. The brochure aims to raise awareness for self-data protection on a number of important points and provides practical tips on how to retain – at least partial – control over data when using digital media. Die Broschüre Read more…
The handbook explains why consistent, data-saving behavior on the Internet is so important and gives examples of the consequences of surfing the Net without encryption. There are numerous tips on how to use the infrastructure of the Internet without giving away any data in the process. Das Handbuch erklärt, warum Read more…
Alter, Ariane (2015): How to Selbstauskunft. Kampf um meine Daten (12:38 Min.), BR, München. PULS presenter Ariane Alter (Bayerischer Rundfunk) made self-disclosure requests to three companies over a period of three months and reports on the results of her research in a short video and article. Die PULS-Moderatorin Ariane Alter Read more…
Krotoski, Aleks (2016): The Power of Privacy — Documentary (28:45 Min.), London. “In this documentary film – part of the Guardian’s Power of Privacy series, supported by Silent Circle – Aleks Krotoski travels the world to undergo challenges that explore our digital life in the 21st century. Watch her be Read more…
Electronic Frontier Foundation (2022): Surveillance Self-Defense. Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications “Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) is a guide to protecting yourself from electronic surveillance for people all over the world. Some aspects of this guide will be useful to people with very little technical knowledge, while others are Read more…
The Pennsylvanis State University – Penn State (2022): Digital Shred. Privacy Literacy Toolkit. The toolkit contains lesson plans, learning objects and much more for use in the classroom. It provides practical tips on privacy (smartphone, web browsing, social networking, productivity & organization, health & wearables, smart home), informs about current Read more…
Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Rheinland-Pfalz (2022): Youngdata, Mainz. Youngdata is the youth portal of the independent data protection authorities of the federal and state governments, as well as the canton of Zurich. It is aimed at children and young people and provides them with information on Read more…
Coding Rights – Joana Varon, Natasha Felizi, Tati Dias (Conception, Coordination) “Concepts like “Big Data,” “Smart Cities” and the “Internet of Things,” describe a belief that enormous data sets, analysed by computers with increased processing capacity and intelligent algorithms, would enable easier and more efficient results in sales, fight against Read more…