Rocket is building a giant "Meet the Crew" wall next to the Sky Sorter display.
He has pinned up everyone's photo, birthday, home address on Earth, sleep times and last checkup results.
"Visitors will love it," he says. "Total transparency!"
Raven stares at the wall. "What do you notice? You put my checkup results next to my face. I never said yes to that."
Nova hovers over the pins. "Some of this is lovely to share," she says. "Some of it belongs to each person to decide."
Rocket slowly unpins the checkup results. "Okay. So who gets to decide what goes on the wall?"
Privacy is the habits and rules that protect a person's autonomy, identity and dignity.
Autonomy means making your own choices. Dignity means being treated with respect.
Privacy usually covers three things.
| Part of privacy | In plain words | Crew wall example |
|---|---|---|
| Freedom from intrusion | People do not barge into your space or business. | Nobody reads Raven's notebook without asking. |
| Limits on being watched | You are not observed all the time. | No one posts everyone's sleep times. |
| Control over your facts | You choose who learns facts about you. | Raven decides who sees her checkup. |
| Statement | True or false? |
|---|---|
| Privacy helps protect a person's dignity. | ? |
| If information is true, anyone may post it anywhere. | ? |
| A person should have some control over who learns facts about them. | ? |
| Privacy only matters for grown-ups. | ? |
Thoughtful start. Tomorrow you learn how personal data can leak, and why AI makes this matter.