Your Phone knows a lot about you. Every time you use it, it collects information.This includes:
What you tap on
The Websites you visit
Your Position
The type of Phone you use
Your Settings
And a lot more
Why is that important?
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Your data has a lot of value!
Even if a Service is free, a company can earn money by collecting information about you.
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Most Websites make Money with Advertisements.
When a Company wants to sell their Products, they can put Ads on the Internet. Often they will use a Google Service for that, since many people use them. You have probably seen a lot of Ads, for example on YouTube or Google.
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Want to know what Google thinks about you?
Tap here
This will open a new page. You may need to log in with your Google-Account. Please come back here after you are done.
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How do they know so much about me? Let´s make an Example
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Do you use Google Maps for navigation?
Yes
No
Interesting! If you haven`t changed any Settings, Google probably knows:
Where you live
Where you work
What food you like
How much you earn
Your daily Routine
What you do in your freetime
... and likely a lot more
Interesting! If you never use Google Maps, let`s try something else
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Do you use Amazon for Shopping or just looking at stuff?
Yes
No
Very relatable. If you haven`t changed any Settings, Amazon probably knows:
How much money you earn
What your Hobbies are
If you have Children
If you are married
Where you live
What you will buy in the future and when
Wow, you seem to use your Phone very rarely. That is not a Problem though! If you are still interested, you can continue below.
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Wow that is a lot, huh? And also a little concerning if you ask me.
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In general, you can be sure that every Website will collect every piece of Information they can.
If they could, they would even like to know when you pick your Nose.
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Let's have a look at what you can do to protect yourself against that.
On the following Slides we prepared three simple Settings to change on your phone for better protection. There will also be Step-by-Step Instructions after each Video.
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Task 1:
Turn on "Do not track" in your Browser
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Step by Step: "Do Not Track"
Open Google Chrome
Tap on the three dots in the upper right corner
Tap on "Settings"
Tap on "Privacy and security"
Tap on "Do Not Track"
Turn on the Slider in the upper right Corner
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Task 2:
Disable "Third-Party-Cookies" in your Browser
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Step by Step: Third-party Cookies
Open Google Chrome
Tap on the three dots in the upper right corner
Tap on "Settings"
Scroll down and tap on "Site settings"
Tap on "Cookies"
Change the selection to "Block third-party cookies"
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Task 3:
Delete your Advertising-ID (This does not delete anything important)
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Step by Step: Deleting your advertising ID
Open your Settings
Search for the website you need
Search for the Menu Point "Google"
Tap on "Ads"
Tap on "Delete advertising ID"
Tap on the Blue button "Delete advertising ID"
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Congrats! With these settings you have made a great step to pretecting your Data.
There are many more things you can do to protect yourself even better. You can even turn off personalised Ads completely. If you have questions or want to know more, please ask the Team.
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Transcript
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Smartphone Day
Let's go!
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Module 5
How To: Data-Protection on your Smartphone
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What is Data and why is it important?
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What is Data?
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Your Phone knows a lot about you. Every time you use it, it collects information.This includes:
Why is that important?
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Your data has a lot of value!
Even if a Service is free, a company can earn money by collecting information about you.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Most Websites make Money with Advertisements.
When a Company wants to sell their Products, they can put Ads on the Internet. Often they will use a Google Service for that, since many people use them. You have probably seen a lot of Ads, for example on YouTube or Google.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Want to know what Google thinks about you?
Tap here
This will open a new page. You may need to log in with your Google-Account. Please come back here after you are done.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
How do they know so much about me? Let´s make an Example
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Do you use Google Maps for navigation?
Yes
No
Interesting! If you haven`t changed any Settings, Google probably knows:- Where you live
- Where you work
- What food you like
- How much you earn
- Your daily Routine
- What you do in your freetime
- ... and likely a lot more
Interesting! If you never use Google Maps, let`s try something else
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Do you use Amazon for Shopping or just looking at stuff?
Yes
No
Very relatable. If you haven`t changed any Settings, Amazon probably knows:- How much money you earn
- What your Hobbies are
- If you have Children
- If you are married
- Where you live
- What you will buy in the future and when
Wow, you seem to use your Phone very rarely. That is not a Problem though! If you are still interested, you can continue below.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Wow that is a lot, huh? And also a little concerning if you ask me.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
In general, you can be sure that every Website will collect every piece of Information they can.
If they could, they would even like to know when you pick your Nose.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Let's have a look at what you can do to protect yourself against that.
On the following Slides we prepared three simple Settings to change on your phone for better protection. There will also be Step-by-Step Instructions after each Video.
Digital SkillsSmartphone
Task 1:
Turn on "Do not track" in your Browser
Digital SkillsSmartphone
Step by Step: "Do Not Track"
Digital SkillsSmartphone
Task 2:
Disable "Third-Party-Cookies" in your Browser
Digital SkillsSmartphone
Step by Step: Third-party Cookies
Digital SkillsSmartphone
Task 3:
Delete your Advertising-ID (This does not delete anything important)
Digital SkillsSmartphone
Step by Step: Deleting your advertising ID
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Congrats! With these settings you have made a great step to pretecting your Data.
There are many more things you can do to protect yourself even better. You can even turn off personalised Ads completely. If you have questions or want to know more, please ask the Team.
Digital SkillsSmartphone-Day
Modul 5
How To: Data Protection on your Smartphone
Complete!