Event Type
Lightning Talk
Description
Data Privacy is an active practice that requires users to actively participate in informed consenting for their personal data protection. Part of that process is gathering information about the companies that request access to users data. In this lightning talk, an information literacy librarian will walk participants through the metacognitive process of deciding which data to share with companies when interacting with their online interfaces. This process starts with acknowledging the value of personal data collection, then a walk through which business databases users can engage with to better understand how their data exhaust is bought and sold to data analytics, which will then in turn inform their decisions when asked to do routine tasks online such as accepting cookies and installing browser extensions. By the end of this talk, participants will be encouraged to draw connections between their own data privacy choices and the information resources available to inform their decision-making process. This is an entrée into the ways in which we can make business research skills applicable to our day to day decisions.
Using Business Databases to Inform Data Privacy Practices
Data Privacy is an active practice that requires users to actively participate in informed consenting for their personal data protection. Part of that process is gathering information about the companies that request access to users data. In this lightning talk, an information literacy librarian will walk participants through the metacognitive process of deciding which data to share with companies when interacting with their online interfaces. This process starts with acknowledging the value of personal data collection, then a walk through which business databases users can engage with to better understand how their data exhaust is bought and sold to data analytics, which will then in turn inform their decisions when asked to do routine tasks online such as accepting cookies and installing browser extensions. By the end of this talk, participants will be encouraged to draw connections between their own data privacy choices and the information resources available to inform their decision-making process. This is an entrée into the ways in which we can make business research skills applicable to our day to day decisions.