A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you have a secret?
2. What is a hidden key?
3. Do you like a locked door?
4. What is a password?
5. Do you share photos online?
6. What is a safe home?
7. Do you use a nickname?
8. What is a camera?
9. Do you trust the internet?
10. What is a private message?
11. Do you turn off your phone?
12. What is a big company?
13. Do you worry about cameras?
14. What are three pieces of private information?
15. Do you think privacy is important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between privacy and security?
2. Why do people use strong passwords?
3. What are the good things and bad things about GPS tracking?
4. How can a person stop companies from collecting their data?
5. Should police be allowed to look at anyone’s private messages?
6. Why is it important not to share your bank details online?
7. Do you think older people worry less about digital privacy?
8. What is the purpose of a privacy policy?
9. How does technology (smart speakers) listen to your conversations?
10. What is the difference between public information and private information?
11. Do you think privacy is disappearing?
12. What are the problems when your personal data is stolen?
13. When is the best time to check the privacy settings on your social media?
14. What are two things the government knows about you?
15. How does a lack of privacy affect freedom of speech?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely asking someone to stop taking photos of you?
2. How does the rise of social media affect the concept of privacy?
3. Should the government ban companies from selling personal data?
4. What is the difference between a person’s right to privacy and the public’s right to know?
5. Do you believe that people give up too much privacy for convenience?
6. What are the challenges of legally protecting your digital identity?
7. How does a lack of privacy affect a person’s willingness to be honest online?
8. What is the idea of “end-to-end encryption”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when celebrities complain about a lack of privacy?
10. How does the use of surveillance cameras change public behavior?
11. What are the steps for properly deleting an old online account?
12. What is the value of anonymity (having no name) on the internet?
13. Should public companies be required to teach people about online privacy?
14. What are the reasons why some companies need to know your location?
15. How does privacy law affect the use of AI?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to share personal achievements and struggles online?
2. What are the moral problems when journalists expose a public figure’s private life?
3. How does constant tracking affect a person’s feeling of being watched?
4. Should governments be allowed to collect data on all citizens to prevent terrorism?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of living in a world where data is constantly being collected.
6. Who is responsible for ensuring that companies follow strict data protection laws?
7. What is your view on the practice of using biometrics (fingerprints, face scans) for security?
8. Evaluate the role of large technology companies in eroding personal privacy.
9. How does the global nature of the internet make it difficult to enforce privacy laws?
10. Discuss the concept of “privacy by design” in product creation.
11. What are the problems with having very different privacy rules in different parts of the world?
12. What are the legal differences between general public security and personal private rights?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of privacy is mainly to protect against financial harm?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that children grow up understanding digital privacy risks?
15. How does the use of drone technology challenge the traditional idea of private space?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that only technologically skilled people can truly protect their digital privacy?
2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to protect citizens’ privacy from foreign corporations?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of political views people are shown based on their data?
4. When should a court be allowed to force a person to give up their encryption keys?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using personal health data for scientific research without explicit consent?
6. How does the focus on convenience affect the long-term, necessary changes to privacy infrastructure?
7. Discuss the impact of mass data breaches on the public’s confidence in digital systems.
8. How should leaders use knowledge about digital surveillance to promote a more open society?
9. What is the idea of “data colonialism” and its relationship to the global data trade?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the highest positions of power use surveillance technology extensively?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a search algorithm is violating a person’s right to privacy?
12. How does the search for total security conflict with the fundamental right to be left alone?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the legal right to control how your data is used?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they accidentally see someone else’s private information?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of encryption required for all communication platforms?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s public identity and their true, private self?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of digital anonymity to improve online accountability?
3. How does the concept of “freedom” change when a person knows all their actions are being recorded and analyzed?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use emotional data (mood, stress) collected from users?
5. How do historical views of surveillance and secret police affect modern public trust in technology?
6. How can communities maintain social trust when people suspect their conversations are being monitored?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to protect digital privacy because true privacy is already gone.
8. What protection should laws give to employees who refuse to install monitoring software on their work devices?
9. How can we stop the problem of using surveillance technology to target political opponents?
10. What did old thinkers say about self-possession, autonomy, and the value of solitude that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human journalists if AI can perfectly collect and analyze all public and private information?
12. How do people use the idea of “I have nothing to hide” to avoid discussing the wider social cost of surveillance?
13. How does the experience of deliberately living offline improve a person’s feeling of personal security?
14. What is the power of international organizations to enforce a global standard of digital privacy?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, invisible shield that blocks all surveillance, how would that fundamentally change global commerce?
