Title: Describe the privacy issues related to online communication media.
Course: Career Investigations (19258-36) > Section: Communicating on the Job

Description should include privacy issues surrounding personal or work-related use of

- social networking sites
- email (understanding the difference between personal and work-related use; the need for establishing a professional email address)
- texting/online chats
- virtual meeting applications
- search engines
- passwords.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why should you protect your privacy?
- What expectations might your employer have regarding your conduct, even in your private life?
- What practices help to protect your online privacy?
- Why does deleting information online not necessarily permanently delete it everywhere?
- Why should you keep a personal email account separate from a work email account?
- How is your privacy impacted when syncing accounts across personal and work-provided devices?
- What is a digital footprint? How does it affect one’s future career?