May 21, 2008
8 girls and 6 boys (ages12 – 17)


1. What is important to you personally about privacy?
· Being yourself
· Knowing you’re safe - security
· Keeping things to yourself
· People don’t know things about you unless you want them to

2. What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
· First name
· Likes / dislikes
· Nationality / ethnicity
· Talents
· Experiences
· Religion
· Age / birth date
· Hobbies
· Occupation

3. Where do you draw the line and say “That’s none of your business!”
· Where you live
· Social Security Number
· Age
· E-mail address
· Personal relationships (friends)
· Pictures of me (what you look like)
· Where parents work
· My room at home
· Passwords
· School I go to
· Parents’ names
· Credit card number
· Last name
· Phone number
· Personal relationships
· Fears
· Likes / dislikes
· IP address
· Online account information
· State you live in
· Sexual activity
· Blood type
· Weight / height / appearance / physical details
· Health information
· How much money you have
4. What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality (privacy)?
· Medical information
· Stalkers
· Hacking
· Trust between teacher and student
· Secrets

5. What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
· Locker checks
· Identity theft
· Social networking sites
· Media
· Threat of terrorism

6. How do you feel about privacy?
· You have to be careful
· Important
· Some stuff is personal

7. What concerns do you have about privacy?
· Could affect me later
· On web it is hard to know what happens

8. What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
· Where someone lives
· Phone number
· Sexual activity
· Mental state
· Personal schedule
· Financial information
· Locker combination
· Gossip; friends’ affairs
· Medical records
· Weight
· Criminal record
· Age
· Ipod location
· Social Security number

9. What information about others do you feel you need to know?
· Name
· Age
· Criminal history
· Its different when you meet face-to-face
10. What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
· Provide false personal information
· Increase privacy settings for online accounts
· Anti-virus / anti-spam / anti-spyware
· Alarms / security devises
· Locking brother/sister out of your room
· Good passwords; hard to guess
· Don’t share information
· Be careful with Web cams
· Curtains on windows
· Don’t reveal school

11. What trade‑offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
· Do not compromise
· Sometimes I do not pay attention


12. Are you surprised at any of the things you have heard today?
· Surprised about locker checks