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Online privacy

Online privacy

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Online privacy

- [Voiceover] So, how much privacy do you have when you're online? Earlier we discuss some of digital rights and the fact that we all should have the right to a certain level of privacy when using tools such as email, text messages, direct messaging through a social media sites, or other private communication tools. There are exceptions to this however. For instance, it may be acceptable for your employer to see your emails through your work email account. This may be something that you agreed to or if by using that email it's deemed as part of your workday, they may be able to see them. In fact, if you're a government employee possibly a teacher in a public school, your emails may be subject to public records and can legally be obtained by members of the public. For students, their school emails may be visible by administration and this is something they should know. Also, some platforms are simply not private. I've had a lot of students who were shocked that a post of theirs on…

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