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Take Back Your Privacy

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Find out who holds your data, see through banners and “anonymised” promises, use your rights, trim your settings and protect your children's data, from the research, regulators and official guidance.

2h 50m5 constellations
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Know who holds your data and why “anonymised” can mislead

02Answer banners and tracking prompts on your terms

03Use your rights to see, delete and object

04Audit your settings twice a year and protect children's data

Every lesson of Take Back Your Privacy

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1Who Has Your DataFree · 3 lessons
  1. You're not the only one who feels lostSee how most people feel about their data, and start from what you actually know.10 min
  2. The companies you've never heard ofUnderstand what data brokers collect, and why they're hard to see.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: “anonymous” isn't anonymousSee how few data points it takes to identify someone in an “anonymised” dataset.12 min
Level 2Clicks You Didn't MeanMembership · 3 lessons
  1. The biggest lie on the internetSee how little anyone reads before agreeing, and what that can cost.11 min
  2. Cookie banners and dark patternsSee how banner design steers your consent, and how to answer them quickly.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: who sees your browsingUnderstand how widely browsing is tracked, and use the controls that limit it.12 min
Level 3Use Your RightsMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Ask what they knowUse the right of access to get a copy of the data a company holds about you.11 min
  2. Delete, delist, objectKnow how to have data deleted, links delisted and marketing stopped.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: the data request callPress for your rights politely when a company is vague.12 min
Level 4Settings That MatterMembership · 3 lessons
  1. The permissions auditReview which apps can use your location, microphone, camera and contacts, and trim them.11 min
  2. Shrink your footprintFind what's visible about you and close the doors you no longer use.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: your privacy auditRun a complete privacy check-up and score your progress.12 min
Level 5Your Privacy PlanMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Children's privacyProtect children's data, and teach them to protect it themselves.11 min
  2. When your data leaksKnow what companies must do after a breach, and what you should do.11 min
  3. Capstone: your privacy planPut your rights, settings and habits into one plan you'll keep.13 min
FREE

Level 1 is open.

Membership opens every other level of this path.

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AFTER THE CORE

Keep going where this path leads.

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