1. Digital Privacy Workshop 101
Basic digital security, how to stop surveillance, and how to increase your privacy online. 

2. Assessing Your Risks
There is no single solution for keeping yourself safe online.
Digital security isn’t about which tools you use: it’s about understanding the threats you face and how you can counter those threats.

3. There are Five Questions you Should Ask Yourself:
What do you want to protect?
Who do you want to protect it from?
How likely is it that you will need to protect it?
How bad are the consequences if you fail?
How much trouble are you willing to go through in order to try to prevent those?

4. What online privacy concerns affect most people?
Viruses and Malware
Data-mining and analytics
Stolen passwords and login information
Tracing history and location of users
Profiling and information leaks to businesses and government

5. How do we secure online and retain digital privacy?
Know your rights
Use appropriate online tools and programs
Use secure networks
Disable options that easily allow organizations to track and collection your information

6. Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act
PIPEDA requires private-sector organizations to collect, use or disclose your personal information by fair and lawful means, only with your consent.
You have the option of lodging a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner.

7. PIPEDA: Personally Identifiable Information
Sensitive or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is protected under the law:
Age, name, ID numbers, income, ethnic origin, or blood type
Opinions, evaluations, comments, social status, or disciplinary actions
Employee files, credit records, loan records, medical records, etc.

8. Is it Illegal for Companies to Collect Your Information?
…sort of, but not really.
You must consent to have your information shared and companies must disclose that your personal information will be shared.
However, government agencies are entitled to ask for and collect information.

9. Read User Agreements
User agreements for online services, providers, social media platforms, and apps will include language about collecting and sharing your personal information.
You don’t need to sign anything for a company to collect your information: by publically posting users agreements online, sites like Google are legally able to collection and share your information.

10. Who Is Sharing Your Information?
A 2015 study by Global Privacy Enforcement Network found:
67% of websites and apps collected personal information such as names, photos, addresses and phone numbers.
51% indicated they may disclose personal information to a third party.
71% had no simple way to delete account information.
58% sometimes directed children to other sites, often via contests or ads, including some that were inappropriate for children.

11. Safe Web Browsing: TOR
Tor is free software that enables anonymous communication.
Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network to conceal a user's location and usage from surveillance or traffic analysis.
Using Tor makes it more difficult for Internet activity to be traced back to the user.
Tor's use is intended to protect the personal privacy of users, as well as their freedom and ability to conduct confidential communication.
Download TOR: [ l.en]

12. Safe Web Browsing: DUCKDUCKGO
Duckduckgo is a search engine which does not retain information, trace searches to IP addresses, nor collects unsolicited data.
A great alternative search engine to Google, Bing, or Yahoo.

13. Safe Web Browsing: Secure HTTPS
HTTPS: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. It means all communications between the browser and the website are encrypted.
HTTPS Everywhere allows you to encrypt your communications with many major websites. For Firefox, Chrome, and Opera: 

14. BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS
Behavioral analytics reveal the behavior of consumers online.
It enables marketers to make the offers to the consumer segments based on past spending.
The following services prevent businesses from collecting analytic date based on your browsing habits.

15. AVOID BEING THE TARGET OF BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS
NoScript : 
Privacy Badger: 
uBlock Origin

16. Passwords
Obvious passwords or logins based off of personal information (e.g., date of birth, hometown, name of a child, etc.) are easy for people to guess and discover.
Don’t make your passwords obvious or write them down.
Generate most secure passwords with:
LastPass: 
EFF’s wordlist:
  rdlist.txt

17. and Scams
The most common security risks people encounter are through .
scams (e.g., sending money or personal information to unknown individuals)
Phishing ( s crafted to look as if they’ve been sent from a legitimate organization)
Bogus business opportunities
Diet and health scams
Discount software offers

18. How to Avoid Fraud by Email?
Don’t trust s from unfamiliar sources.
Treat attachments with caution. If you don’t know what it is, don’t open it.
Don’t click links in messages.
Install antivirus software and keep it up to date.
Configure your client for security.
Learn to tell legitimate s from phishing.

20. The Dreaded Malware
Malware is short for malicious software. Refers to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software  including computer viruses, ransomware, spyware, and other malicious programs. 
Can prevent access, corrupt, or delete information on your device.
Can transfer personal information from your device to another source.

21. How to Avoid Malware ClamAV: http://www.clamav.net/index.html
Malwarebytes: 
Be careful! Don’t click on suspicious looking links or ads. If you are not sure the link is legit, then just don’t click.
Avoid downloading pirated material. Streaming and downloading movies and music from fraudulent sites is a common way to download malware.

22. MOBILE SECURITY
Mobile devices are just as much at risk as laptops and desktops. Smartphone and tablet owners must use caution!
Phones are able to be monitored, communications recorded, and personal data intercepted.

23. Mobile Settings
iOS settings: Settings → Touch ID & Passcode Settings → Spotlight Search (off) Settings → Keyboard → Predictive Text (off) Settings → Keyboard → Enable Dictation (off) Settings → Privacy → Location Services Only give access where necessary Settings → Privacy → application data requests (review) Settings → Privacy → Diagnostics & Usage (don’t send) Settings → Privacy → Advertising → Limit Ad Tracking
Android settings: Settings → Connections → turn off all Settings → location (off) Settings→ more → Security Password Encrypt device Device administrators Unknown sources (uncheck) Verify apps (check)

24. Avoid Mobile Tracking
Disconnect mobile (iOS and Android):  ect-malvertising
Change default search engine to DuckDuckGo: Firefox for Android: Firefox → settings → customize search → DuckDuckGo
iOS: Settings → choose browser → search engine → DuckDuckGo
Setting up a DuckDuckGo widget on Android: 

25. Why Security and Privacy Matters
All citizens are entitled to private and secure information.
Prevention of personal information theft
Equitable access to information and communication.