APDCAT teaches children and families not to get caught up in the internet, at the Children's Festival

This year, the Catalan Data Protection Authority is organizing the activity 'Don't let the internet confuse you', for children and families, with a network maze in an enchanted forest, full of data that needs to be protected.

The Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) returns this year to the Children's Festival, from 27 to 31 December at the Fira Montjuïc venue, to continue its ongoing awareness-raising work and empower children and families when it comes to protecting their privacy on the internet and social networks.

In this edition, the challenge 'Don't let the internet confuse you' is also being extended to families, who will be able to participate in the activity with their children and measure their knowledge of personal data. To do this, they will have to go through a maze made of internet, located in a 100 m2 space set in an enchanted forest, and decide which data to leave and which is more worth removing and not sharing with the rest.

Adults and children will separate at the beginning of the maze, to take opposite paths. They will meet again at the end of the route, with the posters with data that they have decided to "save from the internet". The choice will then be shared, and there will be an opportunity for a brief reflection on the topic.

Among the options to choose from, you will find your name, your phone number, a photo of a friend, your voice, a music video, a photo of a dog, a story...