Rules and regulations concerning social media and data protection and recommendations for teachers - A Danish perspective and guidelines from the Council of Europe

1. Rules and regulations concerning
social media and data protection and
recommendations for teachers
- A Danish perspective and guidelines from
the Council of Europe

2. Contents
 Privacy and data protection
 User generated content – managing your online identity
 Privacy and sharing
 Profile data
 Sharing images and videos that you have produced
 Copyright
 Work and private life online
 Alternatives?

3. Privacy and data protection
 From the guide Human rights for internet users
 http://www.coe.int/da/web/internet-users-rights/privacy-and-data-protection
 You have the right to private and family life on the Internet which includes
the protection of your personal data and respect for the confidentiality of
your correspondence and communications.
 You should be aware that in using the Internet your personal data is
regularly processed.
 Public authorities and private companies have an obligation to respect
specific rules and procedures when they process your personal data.
 Your personal data should only be processed when laid down by law or when you
have consented to it.
 You must not be subjected to general surveillance or interception measures.
 Your privacy must also be respected in the workplace.

4. User generated content –
managing your online identity
 The contents on social media are user generated.
 Students should be encouraged to think carefully about
what they post and consider the consequences both in
the short and in the long term.
 Students should be taught responsible conduct and
should learn how to protect their data and privacy online.
 As a teacher, you can include discussions on the above
when integrating social media in your teaching.

5. Pay attention to what is posted online
about you and what you post yourself!
Advice from the Council of Europe:
 You should be aware that content you create on the
Internet or content concerning you created by other
Internet users may be accessible worldwide and
could compromise your dignity, security and privacy or
be otherwise detrimental to you or your rights now or at
a later stage in your life. Upon your request, this should
be removed or deleted within a reasonably short period
of time.
 From the guide Human rights for internet users
http://www.coe.int/da/web/5784730/children-and-young-people

6. Privacy and sharing
 When you upload your images, videos and texts on
social media, they are no longer private. Not even if
you are in control of your privacy settings.
 When you upload something to social media, you
are posting to the public domain. This means that
other people could get access to your content and
share it.
 As a teacher, advice students to use privacy
settings on social media and to think carefully about
what they post.

7. Profile data
 The data you type in on yourself when creating
a profile on a social media and your likes, posts,
comments, uploaded contents etc. are collected
by the provider of the social media in question
and may be passed on to a third party for
marketing purposes.
 Ask students to always carefully consider what
data they provide and tell them that often only a
minimum of data are required to actually set up
the account.

8. Sharing images and videos that
you have produced
 You are not allowed to share images and videos of
people in which they can be recognised without having
obtained their consent.
 As a teacher, you should make your students aware of
the legislation in this area. If your students are to take
photos or shoot videos of people, you can help by
providing your students with a consent form that the
persons they record or photograph can sign.
 If people are below the age of 15, their parents have to
consent.

9. Copyright
 Advice students to always provide the reference for any
content that they have found on the web and want to
use in a PowerPoint presentation or a report.
 Also note that some content may not be reused.
 Teach your students to search for content that is
released under a Creative Commons license and can be
reused in new contexts.
 Teach your students to be critical and always evaluate
what they find online before reusing it themselves.

10. Work and private life
online
 Consider creating a ”professional” profile for
use on social media so that you do not mix
your professional life as a teacher with your
private life online.
 This will also make it easier for you to filter the
content you put online and to secure your
privacy.
 Remember to act as a role model for your
students on social media.

11. Alternatives?
 When designing a teaching and learning
activity with social media, carefully consider
the following:
 What is the added value of using social media?
 Which social media is the best match to the
learning outcomes in question and the contents
and structure of the activity?
 What advice do you need to provide your
students with to secure legal and responsible
conduct online?

12. Read more
The contents in this slide show are based on:
 Human rights for internet users – a guide:
http://www.coe.int/da/web/internet-users-rights/guide
 Anbefalinger om brug af sociale medier i skolen. Produced by
Medierådet for børn & unge, Center for Digital Pædagogik and
Børnerådet
 Protecting your privacy on the internet: in Danish
 Institut for Menneskerettigheder. Databeskyttelse – Status 2013:
http://menneskeret.dk/files/media/dokumenter/status/2013/status_2
013_imr_databeskyttelse.pdf
 Institut for menneskerettigheder om sociale medier:
http://menneskeret.dk/emner/it-rettigheder/sociale-medier
 Din guide til menneskerettigheder på internettet:
http://menneskeret.dk/files/media/dokumenter/udgivelser/dinguidetil
menneskerettighederinternettet_2014.pdf

13. Goodbye for now
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