Protect yourself from digital exploitation
Reclaim Your Digital Privacy
From scam emails and fake texts to personalized ads and invisible tracking, today's digital systems are built to manipulate attention and harvest information. s.c. halleen pulls back the curtain on the hidden data economy. Once you understand how it works, you can stop it, and s.c. shows you how.
Digital Privacy and Safety Workshop Formats
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Interactive Workshop
60–90 minutes of hands-on demos showing how scams, phishing, and trackers really work plus concrete steps to stop them.
Ideal for companies, schools, community groups.
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Keynote Talk
Fast-moving presentation that motivates and equips audiences to protect their personal information and create change.
Ideal for conferences, libraries and civic events
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Discussion Session
Informal Q&A focused on personal concerns and live demonstrations of privacy tools customized to audience needs.
Ideal for senior centers, parent groups, staff trainings
Privacy Topics: Turn concern into action
Want to bring s.c.halleen to your group? These are the most requested privacy topics:
📱 Your phone is listening to you — But not through the mic. It’s collecting data in far sneakier ways. Make it stop.
Learn how your smartphone may be tracking your every move both online and off and how to shut it down. (Based on the Shield Up! Training Series)
🎯 Creepy Ads, Scams, and Phishing Attempts — You're on their target list. Halt the bad actors.
Uncover the invisible systems that collect data on you and your family so that you can protect your wallet and your life. (Based on the Shield Up! Training Series)
‼️ Social Media’s Dirty Secret —Facebook and Instagram Scoop Up More Details Than You Realize. Stop the Data Flow.
Learn how Meta tracks you across platforms, websites and devices and how you can have your Insta and data, too. (Based on the Shield Up! Training Series)
What people are saying
I had no idea! Grateful that I now have the tools to take action!
I still can’t believe how oppressive it is. Thank God I can protect myself.
So timely and needed...I’m taking action before it’s too late!
s.c.halleen speaks in a wide variety of settings
About the speaker: s.c. halleen
Since she was a teenager working for the local newspaper, s.c.halleen has investigated deeply any topic she pursued. Starting her studies at the Medill School of Journalism, s.c. graduated PhiBetaKappa from Northwestern University with a history degree.
More decades later than she cares to admit, she still loves diving down the rabbit hole to see where it brings her. Most recently, her attempts to research a thriller turned to horror as she realized the extent of corporate surveillance.
Concerned and alarmed, she has committed to helping people protect their privacy through PrivacyMatters2U, the Shield Up! Online Training series, 5 Photos and a Profile podcast, and public speaking opportunities.
s.c. halleen is Privacy Pup's champion and an expert in privacy in her own right. She has completed 1000s of hours of research and encourages you to check out the PrivacyMatters2u Resources page to take your own deep dive.