Internet is an incredible tool, but it has a dark side. Have you ever visited a website and been assaulted by a lot of popups asking you to accept cookies? Have you ever received loads of emails about a thing that you were just searching for or talking about five minutes before? How can evil companies retrieve all this data from you? Are they using black magic? This is what we will be trying to answer today.

From your lamp to your flip-flops, everything is connected to the Internet these days. No wonder Google is able to know every single thing about you. Let’s do an experiment, just follow these simple steps (click on the triangles to expand the section):

If you have an iPhone and are not using Google Maps:

• Open settings.
• Go to "Confidentialité", then "Services de localisation", then "Services système", then "Lieux importants".
• You should see a list of places you've been. Click on one to see more!

If you are using Google Maps:

• Open Google Maps.
• Click on your profile picture on the top-right corner.
• Click on "Vos trajets".
• You should see your recent paths.

So, are you terrified now?

Yes, I am! No...

You have finally finished our presentation! Finally!

You now have two options: you can either quit the presentation now and eternally live in regret, oooorrrrr you could take a look at the results of the various surveys by clicking on the "View results" buttons in each one. Don't forget to come back here to formally end the presentation once you're done!

If you would like to discuss the subject orally or write an essay on it, here are some prompts to get you started:

• How can we protect our online privacy, and why is it important?
• Can cookies/data collection be beneficial and why? When is it ok to collect data?
• Does the EU (and more broadly, the world) do enough to protect us? What could they do to improve?

Editor's (Aymeric's) note: click here for a really good video explaining the GDPR today, and its successes, as well as its shortcomings!

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Cookies and the GDPR are both oft-talked about subjects nowadays. A lot of new scandals are emerging all around the world about data privacy, and what that entails.

Everyone in our group believes that it is a very important subject to understand, and so we made this absolutely stunning presentation for you. Yes, you.

Thank you, next

How much did you learn?

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Answer the following questions as accurately as you can, and don't hesitate to re-watch the video multiple times if you're not sure!

Don't forget to help yourself with the vocabulary list and the notes you were supposed to take during the video but we know you didn't.

What is required for companies to comply with the GDPR?

Please select all correct answers

The consent of their users for data processing

Providing notifications to the authorities for data breaches

Feeding your cookies to their cat

Anonymizing collected data to protect privacy

What does "GDPR" stand for?

Please type the correct answer

What impact did the Brexit have on the application of the GDPR in the UK?

Please select the correct answer

The UK decided to make its own data protection regulation

The UK decided to not adopt any data protection regulation

None at all

The UK's economy nosedived, which increased unemployment to historic levels. This induced a shortage of the country's most precious resource: teachers. The lack of education that followed made the now-illiterate government workers at the UK's Privacy & Information Security Syndicate (PISS) headquarters get lost in the European Council building. They could not navigate because all the signs and directions were written in a language they called... Rançais. The government workers never came back, and thus could never properly implement the GDPR or any other data protection regulation in the UK. Everyone died. The end.

What penalties could companies face if they infringe upon the GDPR?

Please select all correct answers

Administrative fines of €20 million

Administrative fines of 4% of annual global turnover

A good ol' spanking

A temporary or permanent ban on data processing

What does the "right to be forgotten" consist of?

Please select all correct answers

The right to have your data erased

The right to use mind-control on anyone who might have interacted with you in the past

The right to have your medical records cleared

The right to be removed publicly from online search engines

Who is exempt from the "right to be forgotten"?

Please select all correct answers

Joe's pizza shop

Hospitals

Government agencies

Journalists and the press

Press the "Click" button to check your answers and show the questions where you answered incorrectly. You can try again until you've got everything right. Once everything is correct, click on "Next" to move on to the last part!

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How much do you know about the GDPR?

In this little survey, find out how much you really know about the GDPR, and more!

Just kidding, you'll only find out about how much you know about the GDPR, nothing else.

Do you know what cookies are? (we're talking about internet cookies, don't try to be funny)

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

I think I've heard of it

Not at all

Do you know what they are used for?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

I think I do

Not at all

Do you know what your personal data* is used for?
*e.g., conversations, search history, favourite books, movies, who your friends are, where you've been, &c

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

I think I do

Not at all

Do you know what the GDPR is?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

I think I've heard of it

Not at all

You must complete the whole presentation before you can view the results!

View results

Nearly the end!

It's nearly the end of the presentation! Just ooonneeee more littttlllee thingggggg...

We would like to know how much you've learned thanks to our presentation, and if you found it epic or not epic. Please answer the questions as honestly as possible!

Did the video allow you to better understand the subject?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

I think so...

Not at all

Have you learned anything new on the subject?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

Only a few things...

Nothing, I have a superior IQ

What's your opinion on the GDPR?

Please select your answer

It's a good thing!

It's probably a good thing... I think...

It's horrible! Please send help!

Do you think you're safe with the GDPR?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

I'm not sure...

I have trust issues

Are you sometimes afraid that your personal information will end up everywhere on the Internet?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely, I'm a dangerous criminal and have things to hide

I don't think so... but I don't want people peeking at my browser history

I have nothing to hide and I walk around naked everywhere I go :D

Do you feel safe on the Internet?

Please select your answer

Yes, absolutely

It depends on which website...

Not at all

You must complete the whole presentation before you can view the results!

View results

Here are the results of the second survey!

Click on each tab to see an overview of each question!

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6

Did the video allow you to better understand the subject?

60% of respondents answered yes!

20% of respondents answered they thought it did

40% of respondents answered no :(

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Here are the results of the first survey!

Click on each tab to see an overview of each question!!!!11

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4

Do you know what cookies are?

60% of respondents answered yes!

20% of respondents answered they'd heard of them...

40% of respondents answered no :(

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Watch this short video from Channel 4 to find out more about the GDPR!

You can use the vocabulary list to help you understand it if there are some words you don't understand. Click here to open up the vocabulary file in Microsoft Excel 2077:

vocab.xls

You can also use the notepad application to take extra notes:

New file

You can either view the video here using the TouYube © client just below, or by clicking on this link.

If you need to download it for whatever reason, click here.

Once you've finished watching the video (and we mean actually finished, don't just stop half way), you can move on to a little quiz that we made just for you!

Quiz!