Privacy x GarWu

We’re Lauren & Alea. Privacy attorneys creating children’s 📚❤️ books that teach digital literacy through fairy tales. Here we share: • Fairytale-based privacy ideas • Help for parents & educators • Story-driven approaches to digital literacy We’re glad you’re here. 🍎

A privacy book for kids is coming in 2027. Not a lecture. A story about your data, your digital self, and the quiet power of getting a say. Follow along.

Your kid's favorite app knows their bedtime, their location, and what makes them click "just one more." Teaching kids about their data isn't about fear. It's about giving them a say.

Leave It to Abigail! (4-10) is a reminder that voice matters, even when you’re not the one in power. Through letters & grit, Abigail Adams shaped history behind the scenes. This is a beautiful #kidlit entry point to speaking up, being heard, & using influence. Stories like this help build agency.📚👍🍎

The last class of the term was bittersweet. In our Info Privacy class for @northwesternlaw.bsky.social, the students owned the night. Their research & analysis were impressive. To this year’s class: TY for your curiosity & hard work. The future of privacy is in capable hands. 🍎 #privacy #lawstudents

A LNY surprise from my #Christmascactus. Gotta love the existential crisis happening for this plant - do I bloom for Christmas or 2 months later? #bloomscrolling

Happy #lunarnewyear 🧧 Today we’re honoring #Seollal & #ChineseNewYear — family, renewal, intention, prosperity. LNY energy is powerful: Clear what no longer serves. Protect what matters. Design on purpose. (Yes, it applies to data too.) Wishing you health, wisdom, & abundance. 新年快乐 새해 복 많이 받으세요

Happy Valentine's Day! Roses are red 🌹 Violets are blue 💙 Our love is encrypted 🔐 And 2FA too. We made privacy pun valentines because teaching boundaries can be sweet, not scary. “I’d never sell your data.” “You auto-complete me.” “I’d 2FA for you.” 📚❤️ 🍎 👩‍🔬 #GarWu #PrivacyIsLove #CyberSmartKids

Many 🧚 fairy tales ✨ are really about hidden intentions and power. Those same lessons apply to digital spaces — especially for kids. 📚❤️ 🍎 📖 Teach your kids about privacy and have your happily-ever-after.

🧒📖 Digital literacy doesn’t start with technical explanations. 📚🧚 It starts with teaching kids boundaries, consent, and choice — stories help make that possible. 📚❤️ 🍎🛡️

Totally loved Jellyfish Scientist Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas by Michelle Cusolito and illustrated by Ellen Rooney. You get to learn about the lifecycle of Jellyfish while learning about a trailblazing female scientist. Picked it up while visiting the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.

In honor of spooky season being around the corner, this week's recommendation is a book about a not-so-scary monster who doesn't think it's bedtime. Written by Eoin McLaughlin and illustrated by Rob Starling, this book is good (not) bedtime fun. #bookrecs #kidlit 📚👍

Wishing the happiest and spookiest birthday to one of my favorite partners in crime. Happy birthday Lauren!

Had a lovely family trip to Arizona, where we saw the Grand Canyon and picked up this adorable and relatable book, Max Almost Missed It by Chris Britt, about a kid who almost misses amazing sights because he's stuck on his phone. Do you relate? #bookrecs #kidlit 👍📚 #Nationalparkservice #grandcanyon

Arrrrre ye ready for #backtoschool? If yarrr're not, then Kindergarrrten Bus, written by Mike Ornstein and illustrated by Kevin Barry has ye covered. Reading the book in a pirate voice is a hit with the little scallywags (less so for m'vocal chords). #kidlit #pb #picturebooks #bookrecs 📚👍

The Interpreter is a heartfelt and funny #picturebook written by Olivia Abtahi and cleverly illustrated by Monica Arnaldo follows Cecilia, a young girl who has two important jobs - being a kid and translating for her parents. #kidlit #picturebooks #bookrecs 📚👍

Want a fun alternative to birthday party gifts? We've been doing book swaps. Everyone brings two books, each kid can take one book and the rest get donated. Fun way to trade books and help our library. #kidlit

#peonies are my happy place. Enjoying every second of their season while they last, as I know it won’t be for long. #fridayflowers #prettyinpink 🌸 #bloomscrolling

A #kidlit #bookrec for a whimsical & quirky #PB exploring the important & ever-present challenge of finding the perfect place to read by Leigh Hodgkinson. It’s fun & cute. Great for young readers. 📚👍

Pretty #peonies for #fridayflowers Happy Friday! So excited for these blooms! #bloomscrolling

A #kidlit #bookrec for those who want (need) a magic trick up their sleeve. The Book That Can Read Your Mind, by Marianna Coppo, is the perfect read aloud book (4-8). It captures & delights the mind🪄 . It's a perfect 📚💙 & game all in one magical package 💫 . We had a 🚀 reading it to our littles. 📚👍

A #bookrec for those who want to do good deeds and Read Happily Ever After! Reading Beauty hilariously written by @underwoodwriter.bsky.social & fabulously illus'd by @meghunt.bsky.social is not only a delightful read, but an empowering one. A spellbindingly wonderful Sleeping Beauty retelling. 📚👍

It's no secret we love #Ballet! With this #kidlit #Bookrec we are able to enjoy the magic of Swan Lake by story 📚💙, art🎨, & MUSIC 🎶! The Story Orchestra - Swan Lake, fabulously retold by Katy Flint & gorgeously Illus'd by Jessica Courtney Tickle, is the perfect book for book & ballet lovers. 📚👍

A #kidlit #bookrec for those who are just enough of the right stuff to shine ✨ like the star 🌟 they are!!! Not Quite Snow White, beautifully written by @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social & adorably illus'd by Ebony Glenn, is an inspirational read perfect for the family (3-8). We loved the story. 📚👍 📚💙

A #bookrec for those who enjoy epic adventures & myths set in Ancient Greece, you'll love these #kidlit (8 -12) retellings of classics like the The Wooden Horse, The Odyssey, Perseus & Medusa, The Minotaur, & others. Warning that there remains some mature themes of patricide, adultery, etc. 📚👍 📚💙

Aries are known for being courageous, adventurous, & competitive. They are often bold & ambitious. Your Data Protection Divinity (our version of a #horoscope) is for Privacy-by-Design (PxD). PxD means building-in privacy from start to finish. It’s all about anticipating & strategizing privacy.

A #bookrec for those wanting to experience the beautiful, dizzying, & sensory experience of "The Night Market". Be transported by this gorgeous book by Seina Wedlick & Illus'd by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu. You can almost smell the spices & feel the magic. It's art for the mind & soul. #kidlit 📚💙 📚👍

Love spending time in the garden as you’ll never know what surprises are in store. First #ranunculus of the year and it’s a gorgeous scarlet blossom. #bloomscrolling #gardening

As the US-EU Privacy Framework for cross-border data transfers depends upon FTC enforcement, this is likely the death knell for such transfers. Based on Schrems II and the moves by Trump (including firing folks from PCLOB), data transfer to the US under any mechanism might not be valid anymore.

Get ready for an out of this world #Kidlit #bookrec with "A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars" by @sethasfishman.bsky.social & illust'd by Isabel Greenberg. A delightful read that's enjoyable for those looking to explore space, numbers, science & SHARKS! The back matter is equally awesome. 📚👍 📚💙 🍎

Libraries are vital, providing access to information, technology, and learning. Cutting IMLS funding threatens these services, especially in underserved areas. Library funding isn’t political—it’s an investment in education, opportunity, and civic engagement. #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries ala.org

Santa Claus & the Data Disaster SANTA CLAUS MYTH x THE LITTLE CYBER ENGINEER With the help of Mrs. Claus, Santa rethinks how he operates. Can he fix his Data Disaster and stay off the Naughty List to save Christmas? 👩‍🔬STEM in witty rhyme ✍️ #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #Querying #PB #Kidlit #PopUpPitA #poetry

Camille & the Cookies LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD X CHICKEN CLICKING A lil' girl learns that free things may come with hidden costs when a cookie-selling Wolf uses new business tactics & everything changes. ✨Modernized fairy tale🧚‍♀️ 🐺No real villains #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #Querying #PB #Kidlit #PopUpPitA

Wishing you a day of joy and privacy protection. May your personal data be as well-guarded as the leprechaun's pot of gold. Happy St. Partrick's Day! #dataprivacy #StPatricksDay