Data Protection quiz

More questions about Data Protection

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1. 1 Easy

   Who does incognito mode hide your browsing from?

   Answer: Others on your device

   Why: Websites and whoever runs your network, such as your employer, school or internet provider, may still see your incognito browsing.

2. 2 Medium

   What were web cookies first built for?

   Answer: Shopping carts

   Why: The name comes from 'magic cookie', a Unix programmers' term for a bit of data a program receives and sends back unchanged.

3. 3 Hard

   Who developed the concept of Privacy by Design?

   Answer: Ann Cavoukian

   Why: The framework became binding law across Europe under Article 25 of the GDPR as data protection by design and default.

4. 4 Easy

   What makes a smart speaker start sending audio to the cloud?

   Answer: The wake word

   Why: Echo devices spot the wake word on the device itself, holding sound only in a short memory buffer that is continuously overwritten.

5. 5 Medium

   How must personal data be changed so GDPR no longer applies?

   Answer: Anonymised

   Why: Swapping names for codes only pseudonymises data, which stays personal data because extra information can link it back to someone.

6. 6 Hard

   How old must a child be to consent online under GDPR's default?

   Answer: 16

   Why: Germany keeps the default of 16, while France lowered its own line to 15.