Protect privacy in a digital health exchange

Supplied materials

• Paper or a text document; all cases below are original fictional learning inputs.
• An adult may read aloud; drawing or spoken answers are valid. No personal health information or physical performance is required.
• A fictional friend sends a general support message privately and says not to repost it. The recipient wants to put it in a group chat. That is a new audience and action, so the original permission does not cover it. Ask separately and respect a no; a summary without private details may be an alternative if appropriate. The case demonstrates information flow, not permission to use real messages.
• A private message is proposed for reposting to a group. What fits?
• An unknown app requires a full medical record for a general article. What fits?
• A fictional message is used only in the agreed private exchange. What fits?
• A group threatens someone over refusing a private photo. What fits?
• A message agreed for one helper is forwarded to everyone. What fits?
• A general learning quiz can work without personal symptoms but demands them. What fits?

Learn the idea

Digital privacy includes deciding what information to share, with whom and for what purpose. Health details and images can spread beyond an intended audience. A request from a friend or app does not automatically make sharing necessary or safe.

Map sender, information, recipient and onward-sharing rule. Specific agreement to a private message is not permission to repost it. Use the minimum fictional information needed for a legitimate task; unknown services need provider and privacy review.

Do not upload real records or images. All examples are invented messages. A learner can refuse a disclosure and still participate. If harassment or threats occur, preserve safety and seek responsible help rather than investigating or confronting alone.

1. Mark the facts or constraints in the supplied case.
2. Apply the method explained above; draw a sequence, table or decision map.
3. Compare your result with the worked solution and explain the difference.
4. Complete the new cases, then check the changed-case extension.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Draw a four-node information map: learner, fictional message, named helper, no onward sharing. Expected: the agreed route only, a separate request before audience change and no real records.

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