Since we started training some have had concerns about privacy and the amount of information we are asked to share online. I think that is an important concern and also part of the learning process. How much are you comfortable sharing online and how can you limit what you share (or how it is used)? I tend to try and share the minumum amount of personal info I can get away with. When I created my Google account I didn't give my phone number. You don't have to! They make it seem like all of those fields are mandatory, but they aren't.
I try not to be super paranoid, but am sometimes uncomfortable with my digital footprint.
CBC's Spark program frequently talks about the future of privacy. Here is one podcast from October following the Privacy and Access conference in BC. "We need to be educated on how to use data, when to protect it and when to just let it free."
PBS has a short video that has some US specific backstory, but there are some parallels with current concerns in Canadian legislation
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