Aware by default: raising awareness of critical social and professional groups (children and privacy professionals)

Awareness is spotlighted as a critical element of data protection and privacy; to this end, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), under Article 57, explicitly assigns to the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) the task to promote public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to processing of personal data.

The byDefault project, identifying the needs for data protection and privacy education and for an open knowledge source for DPOs and privacy professionals, pursues two strategic goals:
– To raise data protection and privacy awareness among the critical social group of children.
– To provide DPOs and privacy professionals with continuous support in their activities, beyond a basic level, aiming towards specialised guidance on selected key sectors.

To this end, it will focus on the following:
1. Development of a comprehensive education program about privacy, targeting children and especially using electronic services. On the basis of this program, byDefault aims at training elementary and secondary school students, thereby enhancing the privacy awareness and data protection culture.
2. Provision of training and support to educators (teachers and professors), in order to be able to design and enact learning sessions according to the philosophy of the education program.
3. Performance of a set of pilot education activities to several elementary and secondary schools, in order to assess the effectiveness of the training program.
4. Development of an electronic collaboration space open to DPOs and privacy professionals, fostering the exchange of general and, especially, specialised knowledge, such as information that is sector-specific or concerns the practical applicability of technologies.
5. Launch of the platform, creation of a critical mass of content and users (DPOs and privacy professionals), continuous monitoring and assessment of its operation.
6. Maximisation of byDefault impact, through dissemination, networking and sustainability of project results; byDefault aims at being a project of high impact in the Greek society, with a European dimension.

The main contribution of ICT ABOVO will consist in the development and operation of the collaboration platform, including all aspects related to requirements analysis, design and implementation of the platform, loading and organisation of the initial content, its smooth operation and monitoring, as well as its evaluation and assessment, in order to provide for future improvements. Notably, the platform will continue to be offered well after the end of the project, under the responsibility and supervision of the HDPA, and in this regard ICT ABOVO will also ensure the necessary maintenance, technical support and updates.

The project has received funding from the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) under grant agreement No. 101074939 and coordinated by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Project start date:
September 1, 2022

Project end date:
August 31, 2024

Awareness is spotlighted as a critical element of data protection and privacy; to this end, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), under Article 57, explicitly assigns to the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) the task to promote public awareness and understanding of the risks, rules, safeguards and rights in relation to processing of personal data.

The byDefault project, identifying the needs for data protection and privacy education and for an open knowledge source for DPOs and privacy professionals, pursues two strategic goals:
– To raise data protection and privacy awareness among the critical social group of children.
– To provide DPOs and privacy professionals with continuous support in their activities, beyond a basic level, aiming towards specialised guidance on selected key sectors.

To this end, it will focus on the following:
1. Development of a comprehensive education program about privacy, targeting children and especially using electronic services. On the basis of this program, byDefault aims at training elementary and secondary school students, thereby enhancing the privacy awareness and data protection culture.
2. Provision of training and support to educators (teachers and professors), in order to be able to design and enact learning sessions according to the philosophy of the education program.
3. Performance of a set of pilot education activities to several elementary and secondary schools, in order to assess the effectiveness of the training program.
4. Development of an electronic collaboration space open to DPOs and privacy professionals, fostering the exchange of general and, especially, specialised knowledge, such as information that is sector-specific or concerns the practical applicability of technologies.
5. Launch of the platform, creation of a critical mass of content and users (DPOs and privacy professionals), continuous monitoring and assessment of its operation.
6. Maximisation of byDefault impact, through dissemination, networking and sustainability of project results; byDefault aims at being a project of high impact in the Greek society, with a European dimension.

The main contribution of ICT ABOVO will consist in the development and operation of the collaboration platform, including all aspects related to requirements analysis, design and implementation of the platform, loading and organisation of the initial content, its smooth operation and monitoring, as well as its evaluation and assessment, in order to provide for future improvements. Notably, the platform will continue to be offered well after the end of the project, under the responsibility and supervision of the HDPA, and in this regard ICT ABOVO will also ensure the necessary maintenance, technical support and updates.

The project has received funding from the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) under grant agreement No. 101074939 and coordinated by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Project start date:
September 1, 2022

Project end date:
August 31, 2024