NCPDP launched the information and awareness campaign for school communities

On 15 April, the National Centre for Personal Data Protection (NCPDP) launched the information and awareness campaign for school communities. The first training course was organized at the Public Institution High School “Onisifor Ghibu” in Chisinau, the target audience being the students of the 4th class. The event took place within the Personal Development lesson.

The aim of the information and awareness campaign for school communities is to provide high visibility on personal data protection and child safety online, at local and national level, by promoting empowerment and best practice for intervention and support.

The topics addressed in the training were: general notions on personal data (what it means, how we identify it, how we work with it); the correct use of photos/videos online (the privacy of a social networking page, privacy settings, working with photos/videos in a chat, attitude and actions taken in case if a photo/video is taken without your consent and distributed afterwards); risks and threats online (malware, spam, online harassment, information theft, situations that threaten children’s privacy/security and solutions for such situations).

At the same time, the NCPDP experts carried out interactive activities: role-playing, puzzles completion crossword, discussions on the basis of the information material presented took place, video spots were presented and in the end the pupils completed a test based on the discussed material.

It should be noted that NCPDP aims to continue this training format for school communities both in the educational institutions from Chisinau municipality and from the districts of the Republic of Moldova.