Privacy Cartoons
Cartoons by Chris Slane relating to privacy. More cartoons are stored offline, including versions translated into French, Swedish and Norwegian.
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Three Bears
Three bears return home. Little bear asks "Who's been trawling through my personal information?".
Seven Dwarves Go Data-mining
Snow Whites's seven dwarves have gone into data-mining. They sing, "Heigh-ho, it's off to work we go..."
Connected Crowd
"I only told a few friends" claims a man on a computer connected to a multitude of friends.
Outsource All-knowing Function
cartoon depicts an AGM in heaven with God stating "I have decided to contract the all-seeing function out to Google"
Agreed (Norwegian)
"Da er vi enige - vi går I gang med å samkjøre informasjonen I registrene vare."
So - its agreed - we go ahead with the information matching." says God to a representatives of the CIA direct marketing Santa and the devil.
Agreed NSA Etc
So - its agreed - we go ahead with the information matching." says God to a representatives of the CIA direct marketing Santa and the devil. Meeting of powerful people decides to go ahead with integrating their databases.
All Interested
"Don't worry madam we are all most interested in privacy at this organisation" claims man as other staff evesdrop on conversation.
Impact Assessment
Medieval soldiers charge with battering ram. One soldier cautions: "Wait! Has anyone done a privacy impact assessment?"
Impact Assessment (French)
Medieval soldiers charge with battering ram. One soldier cautions: "Attendez! Est-ce que quelqu'un a fait évaluation des factueurs relatifs à la vie privée."
Privacy Impact Assessment - Wide Version
Medieval soldiers charge with battering ram. One soldier cautions: "Wait! Has anyone done a privacy impact assessment?"
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Barman Takes Notes
"That's good material - mind if I take a few notes?" asks a barman of his depressed customer.
Big Data Loves U
A retro-soviet-style propaganda poster shows man rejoicing in the love he imagines an all-seeing eye hovering above is bestowing upon him - caption reads 'Big Data Loves You'
Binocular Shop
"The boss likes to keep a close eye on me" says a female employee in a binocular shop.
Blame Privacy (Norwegian)
Hvis sjefen spør hvorfor du ikke fikk lagd artikken, skyld på personopplysningsloven, funker hver gang.
Blame Privacy Law
"If the editor asks why you didn't get the story blame the Privacy Act - works every time" says one journalist to another while the editor storms away fuming.
Bo Peep & Her GPS Tracker
Cartoon depicts Little Bo Peep looking for sheep and finding them with a GPS tracker Little Bo Peep lost her sheep but found them right away with her GPS tracking device'
Body Scanner (Norwegian)
"The leak was worse than first thought" notes a bypasser of a boy stuck head-first into the wall of a digital dyke.
Boy in the dyke
"The leak was worse than first thought" notes a bypasser of a boy stuck head-first into the wall of a digital dyke.
Break-in New Settings
"Hi, we've changed your privacy settings" announces the tech guys who have just knocked a hole in the privacy wall of a family at dinner.
Caller ID
Cartoon depicts a woman introducing a creep to her parents "This is George I met him through caller ID.
CCTV Conference
Cartoon depicts a man alone at desk in large room who addresses a mass of cctv cameras attched to a ceiling. "Thank you all for attending this first conference of the surveillance camera recording industry."
Chopping Blocks
Two chopping blocks are marked 'Unauthorised Disclosure of Information' and 'Unauthorised witholding of Information'.
Cleaner - Ink Version
Patient watches a hospital cleaner lean in to evesdrop in on a private consultation among a medical team.
Cleaner Takes A Look
Patient watches a hospital cleaner lean in to evesdrop in on a private consultation among a medical team.
Cloud Computing Dawn Trip Hazard
Cartoon depicts a businessman running through a cloud towards the sun"Wow - cloud computing is a new dawn" while trip hazard obstacles lie below -"hackers' 'Leaks' 'customer distrust'
If Computers Were Houses
'If Computers Were Houses' Spies invading a family's home say "You read a lot of books don't you - "You watch a lot of foreign movies" - They have fertiliser in the shed" - "Writing a lot of emails to people overseas are we?"- "Look- a copy of the Koran" - "Don't mind us we're just having a look around" 2013
Computer Shop Window
Cartoon depicts a shop window full of computer screens which follow a passer-by like eyes
Any Concerns About Privacy?
"Miss Digby if you have any concerns about personal privacy in the organisation I'm sure we'd all like to hear them" demands a male boss to a feamle employee as a crowd of workers listens.
Cookies Do All The Work
Cartoon depicts woman relaxing while cookies biscuits dance on her compter keyboard and click her mouse for her as she says to a man "I find it much easier allowing cookies to fill out online forms for me"
Home-baked Cookies
Cartoon depicts children selling home-baked cookies and lemonade with an adult about to bite a cookie - boy says "Your information won't be shared but would you like to receive offers from our partners?" as a girl waits expectantly.
Laws Cost To Business
"Basically we feel every law is a cost to business" says one man representing a wealthy minority.
Credit Agency Profile
Cartoon depicts the office of a Credit Agency Pwhere a myopic clerk announces to a woman of colour "Don't worry we have comprehensive picture of you - a 55 year old caucasion male midget bankrupted 18 times convicted of fraud 35 times with a sailor's tattoo- is there anything I have left out?"
Credit Agency Profile
Cartoon depicts the office of a credit agency where a myopic clerk announces to a woman of colour "Don't worry we have comprehensive picture of you - a 55 year old caucasion male midget bankrupted 18 times convicted of fraud 35 times with a sailor's tattoo- is there anything I have left out?"
Curtains Better On The Outside
"We decided your curtains are better on the outside" says PM John Key as a woman inside the house covers herself with a towel - cartoon refers to moves to increase spying powers over the domestic public - The Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill
Full Speed Ahead
Cartoon shows a CEO pointing and shouting "Full speed ahead and damn torpedoes!" - 'Privacy Impact Assessment at Chief Executive Level'
Data Mine
A gold miner exits his mine and notices a computer extracting mountains of data for profit...metadata,mining,data,profit,
Digital Life Data Breach
"My whole digital life just data breached before my eyes" - says a young woman lying on the road to her friend.
Fuzzy Settings
"Still fine-tuning your privacy settings I see" says a woman to another with digitally-blurred facial features.
Happy Diwali
Cartoon shows Diwali lights and symbols representing elements of computer security with the message "Happy Diwali - May the light win over thedarkness of cyber evil".
Doctoring Patient File
"I am now cutting all my rude remarks about the patient from her file" says a surgeon in an operating theatre..
Dogs can be tracked
A dog marking a tree with his urine is warned by another; "You know you can be tracked."
Pin The Tail on the Donkey
Press man plays blind man's buff with donkey tail while a devious bureacrat moves the donkey chart labelled 'Official Information' out of reach.
Enny Meeny...
Cartoon depicts an office worker eyes closed trying to pick a tray to place a file including public relations, european union, can't decide,not any, FOI,Data Protection,environmental,all of the above... "eeny meeny miney mo..."