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The Catalan Data Protection Authority has made available to more than 200 libraries of the Diputació de Barcelona a set of resources, games and materials designed for children, young people and adults, with the aim of raising awareness of privacy to citizens
The Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) and the Provincial Council of Barcelona have started a collaboration to bring data protection closer to 234 libraries and 12 library buses in the network. Thus, they have made available to the libraries a set of resources and materials designed by the APDCAT intended to raise awareness among citizens through games and recreational activities.
The collaboration is part of the project 'Who are you? Data that speak about you', which started in 2023 as a pilot project in a small group of libraries, in the area of the Generalitat.
Specifically, libraries will be able to host various activities designed specifically for children, young people and adults. The range of activities to choose from includes games, stories, reading workshops and film forums. Specifically:
- P@ssW0rd! magic show: designed for children between 6 and 12 years old, the show seeks to convey with magic tricks the importance of digital identity and privacy, dealing with various topics such as data destruction, geolocation , passwords, connected devices, etc.
- Video story 'An exciting journey': for children up to 9 years old, includes viewing of this story that reflects on Jana's experiences in the virtual world.
- Storytellers: includes two storytellers, 'La cotorra' and 'El tigre bondadós', for children between 7 and 11 years old, whose protagonists are a parrot and a falcon, in the first case, and a tiger, in the second second The stories serve to make children aware of the risks of sharing data with other people.
- MemoriDada: this is a memory game for children up to 12 years old, with pairs of drawings related to personal data and a brief explanation in each case, to deepen the risks of the internet, mobile devices, smart toys, video games, voice memos, passwords, video surveillance, etc.
- Online game 'You choose!': is an interactive game for young people between 12 and 16 years of age, with direct participation, which develops from the story of two young people who play online and compete with each other, and will be thrown into different challenges that they will have to overcome.
- Reading clubs for young people and adults: with 'Quality Land', by Marc-Uwe Kling, and 'La mutació sentimental', by Carme Torras, two science fiction novels that serve to reflect on the impact of technologies.
- Film forums: with 'Snowden', 'Catfish' and 'Ghost in the Shell 2.0', three films to discuss technology and personal data, artificial intelligence, mass surveillance and relationships in the digital realm .
Thus, libraries will have all these resources at their disposal to organize activities with privacy as a central axis in their programming during the years 2024 and 2025.