The information and awareness-raising campaign for the school community continues.

On December 3rd, the National Centre for Personal Data Protection (NCPDP) continued its information and awareness-raising campaign for the school community, organizing two training courses on “Personal Data Protection and Children’s Safety in the Online Environment” for the Public Institution “George Coșbuc” Theoretical High School and the Public Institution “Lucian Blaga” Theoretical High School in Balti. The events took place in the framework of the Personal Development class, the target audience being fourth grade students.

The aim of the information and awareness-raising campaign for the school community is to provide high visibility on personal data protection and children’s safety in the online environment at local and national level by promoting empowerment and best practices for intervention and support.

Topics covered in the training were: 

• The definition of general notions related to the field of personal data protection (what it means, how to identify it, how to operate with it); 

• Attitudes and practices when sending photos/videos online (the privacy of a social networking site, privacy settings, working with photos/videos in a chat room, attitudes and actions to take in case an image/video is taken without your consent and distributed later);

• Risks and threats in the online environment (malware, spam, online bullying, online harassment, theft of information, situations that threaten the privacy/security of the child and solutions for such situations);

• Communication on social networks, etc.

Students also played interactive games, completed a crossword puzzle based on the material presented and took part in a question-answer round, with the best students being awarded with prizes.

The events were organized at the initiative of the NCPDP, and around 210 students were trained. At the same time, the information materials, as well as the gifts offered to the students, were developed with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

It should be noted that the information and awareness-raising campaign for the school community was launched on April 15, 2022, and the NCPDP aims to continue this format of training in schools in Chisinau municipality and in the districts of the Republic of Moldova.