International

Canada

• The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada offers a Data Privacy Day initiative, privacy resources and extensive information about social networking sites and privacy, including fact sheets, articles and videos.

• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

• The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada would like you to check out www.youthprivacy.ca — a web site developed to educate young people about protecting their personal information when they are online. The Office is hosting a PSA video contest open to Canadians between the ages of 12 and 18; the ultimate goal of the PSA should be to encourage other young people to critically think about how their personal information is collected and used every day, and how their privacy can be compromised.

Council of Europe, Council of Europe Member States, the European Union, and EU Member States

• Visit European Commission Justice on Data Protection to learn more about data protection in the EU.

• Portuguese Dadus Project – Open forum with guidelines and information [Portuguese Data Protection Authority]

• The Information Commissioner’s Office in the United Kingdom offers special pages dedicated to young people – increasing awareness about protecting the privacy of personal information.  The ICO also offers general tips on protecting the privacy of personal information.

• Ireland’s Data Protection Youth Resources from the Data Protection Commissioner [Irish Data Protection Authority]

• The Swedish Data Protection Board offers In Focus: Youth and Privacy.

Other Countries offering Data Protection Resources

• It’s Your Privacy. Don’t Ignore It. Privacy Victoria, Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Australia.  The “It’s Your Privacy. Don’t Ignore It.” campaign was launched on Safer Internet Day 2011 (February 8).  Safer Internet Day and Data Privacy Day share similar goals when it comes to raising awareness about privacy and security online.  Research has shown that young people are particularly vulnerable to online privacy risks.  Privacy means different things to different people. But whatever it means to you, your privacy is important and shouldn’t be ignored no matter how old you are.  To help you, Privacy Victoria’s Youth Advisory Group has developed privacy tips, an awareness raising poster and postcard

• Norway offers the You Decide campaign – a joint effort by the Norwegian Board of Technology, the Norwegian Data Inspectorate and the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, intended to increase young people’s knowledge of privacy and to raise their consciousness about the choices they make when they use digital media such as the Internet and mobile phones.  Different materials address the concerns of the 9-13 year old age group and the 13-17 year old age group.

• The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner offers the private i magazine and additional privacy resources.

• New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner offers “Youth Privacy: Your Information – But Is It Really Yours?”

Global

• Learn about the Global Privacy Enforcement Network: An International Network to Foster Cross-Border Co-operation.  The Federal Trade Commission is a member.
• Learn more about the Council of Europe.
• Learn more about  European Union
• Learn more about the roles of the Council of Europe, the European Council and the Council of the European Union.