Beginner Module B6
Digital Identity and Privacy
Move beyond basic privacy into digital identity, metadata, app data collection, audience control, digital footprints, future readiness, and safer sharing decisions.
Module Snapshot
Module Mission
Protect identity before problems appear.
Digital identity is not just one profile. It is the collection of accounts, data, settings, posts, metadata, permissions, and decisions that shape how a person is seen and protected online. Students learn to reduce unnecessary exposure while still using technology for school, projects, and future opportunities.
Safety Reminder
This module uses fake profiles, fake settings, fake posts, and fake metadata. Students should not share real private information, passwords, addresses, school IDs, or personal account details in any activity.
Visual Framework
Digital identity exposure flow
Defenders think about what exists, who can see it, how it is collected, and what can be reduced safely.
Accounts
School, personal, social, gaming, shopping, and project accounts all become part of identity.
Data
Names, usernames, photos, activity, settings, and metadata can reveal more than expected.
Audience
Friends, classmates, teachers, schools, clubs, employers, and strangers may see different parts.
Settings
Privacy controls, permissions, profile visibility, and sharing defaults change exposure.
Future Impact
A safer identity supports scholarships, jobs, teams, leadership, and professional trust.
Fake Privacy Panel
Identity Review Events
This panel is fictional. It helps students practice privacy reasoning without using real accounts or real student information.
Learning Path
B6 Lessons
Each lesson uses fake identity artifacts, fake privacy panels, fake settings, and safe decision checks to build professional privacy habits.
B6.1
Lesson 1
Digital Identity in High School
Understand how school, personal, social, and future-facing accounts combine into a digital identity.
Safe Lab
Map a fake student identity profile and separate public, private, school, and future-ready information.
B6.2
Lesson 2
Personal Data, Private Data, and Metadata
Learn the difference between personal data, sensitive private data, and hidden context clues like metadata.
Safe Lab
Review fake file and profile details to decide what information should be protected more carefully.
B6.3
Lesson 3
How Apps and Websites Collect Data
Explain common ways apps and websites collect information through accounts, settings, forms, activity, and permissions.
Safe Lab
Analyze a fake app data collection panel and identify what the user can reduce or turn off.
B6.4
Lesson 4
Privacy Settings and Audience Control
Practice choosing safer privacy settings by thinking about audience, purpose, visibility, and long-term impact.
Safe Lab
Adjust a fake privacy settings dashboard to match safer sharing goals for school and personal life.
B6.5
Lesson 5
Digital Footprints and Future Readiness
Connect digital footprint choices to scholarships, jobs, teams, clubs, internships, and future opportunities.
Safe Lab
Review fake search results and create a professional improvement plan without collecting real student data.
B6.6
Lesson 6
Data Minimization and Safer Sharing
Learn how to share only what is necessary, reduce unnecessary exposure, and avoid oversharing by default.
Safe Lab
Rewrite fake sign-up and profile examples using safer data minimization choices.
B6.7
Lesson 7
Privacy Review Lab
Apply identity, metadata, collection, settings, footprint, and minimization concepts in a complete privacy review.
Safe Lab
Complete a fake privacy audit and write a short defender-style recommendation.
Objectives
By the end, students can:
Explain how digital identity is built from accounts, posts, settings, records, and online behavior.
Separate personal data, private data, and metadata using safe fake examples.
Describe common app and website data collection patterns without using real private data.
Choose privacy settings based on audience, purpose, and long-term impact.
Apply data minimization and safer sharing habits to school, personal, and future-readiness scenarios.
Module Assessment
B6 Module Test
The module ends with a 25-question scored test covering personal and private data, metadata, privacy settings, digital reputation, data minimization, safer sharing, app collection clues, and privacy scenario judgment. Answers and explanations stay hidden until submission.
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