Secrets in Your Data Outreach Toolkit and Events
The Secrets in Your Data Outreach Toolkit is designed to help schools, nonprofits, community groups, government organizations, and student groups plan and facilitate Secrets in Your Data events and community discussions to inform and empower participants with a greater understanding of what happens to our personal data online.
Use this toolkit to organize community screenings that educate the public about how their personal data can be used online, and provide a space to discuss impacts to your community, and steps to take back control of their data.
We share personal data all the time, and companies and data brokers have made a big business out of tracking and selling information. However, big data can also be used to glean vital information that can be used for the benefit of everyone. The Secrets in Your Data Outreach Toolkit is designed to help schools, nonprofits, community groups, government organizations, and student groups plan and facilitate Secrets in Your Data events and community discussions to inform and empower participants with a greater understanding of what happens to our personal data online.
Use this toolkit to organize community screenings that educate the public about how their personal data is shared online (often without their knowledge), how it is used both to our detriment and to our benefit, and how citizens and communities can take steps to maintain their privacy online and move toward a less exploitative data future.
EXPLORE THE SECRETS IN YOUR DATA OUTREACH TOOLKIT
Interested in hosting an event about the documentary? Please complete the form below and include information about the community event you would like to organize.
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Secrets in Your Data Events:
- 5/16: 7PM PT In-person screening and panel discussion @ Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA—REGISTER HERE
- 5/21: 1PM ET Virtual field trip to the Computer History Museum—REGISTER HERE
- 5/21: 6PM MT In-person screening and panel discussion @ Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO—REGISTER HERE
- 5/29: 7PM ET In-person screening and panel discussion @ GBH, Boston, MA—REGISTER HERE
- 7/15: 6:00 PM ET In-person screening and panel discussion @ Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow, VT
- 7/18: 6:30 PM ET In-person screening and panel discussion @ Challenger Learning Center, Tallahassee, FL—REGISTER HERE
- 7/30: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Midwest Theater, Scottsbluff, NE
- 7/30: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Zeitgeist Theater, Duluth, MN
- 8/08: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Crawford Public Library, Crawford, NE
- 8/14: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Wilson Public Library, Cozad, NE
- 8/28: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Keene Memorial Library, Freemont, NE
- 9/01: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, MI
- 9/12: In-person screening and panel discussion @ Orwell Free Library, Orwell, VT
About Secrets in Your Data:
Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. That can pose a risk to your privacy – even your safety. But at the same time, big datasets could lead to huge advances in fields like medicine. Host Alok Patel leads a quest to understand what happens to all the data we’re shedding and explores the latest efforts to maximize benefits – without compromising personal privacy.
Secrets in Your Data premieres Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 9pm ET/8C on PBS. Watch on the NOVA website or on NOVA's YouTube channel.
