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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICTORIAN PRIVACY COMMISSIONER
DATE: 4 May 2009
“Think before you upload!”
Victorian Privacy Commissioner to launch online video for young people
The media are invited to speak with Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Helen
Versey, following the launch of an online video for young people, “Think before you
upload!” at Brentwood Secondary College, Glen Waverley next Wednesday 6 May.
Helen Versey will launch the video with Robyn Treyvaud, education and internet
safety specialist from the Centre for Strategic Education, who will also be available
for media interviews.
With the key message Think before you upload! Once it’s out there, it’s
everywhere!, the 3 minute online video features a series of animated scenarios
which illustrate the potential consequences of posting personal information online.
“This video aims to highlight for those born in the digital age, and who increasingly
conduct so much of their social life online – today’s “digital natives” - the potential
pitfalls of sharing personal information on the web,” Privacy Commissioner, Helen
Versey said.
“Young people, the elders of their own digital generation tribe, need to realise that
their ‘virtual’ life, including everything they post on the web, can catch up with them
in real life, and have very real consequences”, said Robyn Treyvaud, a leading
authority on education and internet safety.
The launch is part of a program of events for Privacy Awareness Week 2009.
“Think before you upload!” ONLINE VIDEO LAUNCH
WHEN:
Wednesday 6 May 2009
WHAT TIME:
9.30am for 10.00am (10.30 media call following formalities)
WHERE:
Brentwood Secondary College, Heath St (cnr Watsons Rd),
Glen Waverley
Media inquiries:
Pia Di Mattina 0412 298 203
Attached:
Media Release
on Online Video Launch, Privacy Awareness Week 2009,
Privacy Victoria & the Information Privacy Act. A Backgrounder is available.
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