Personal data privacy for marginalised and privacy-minded employees: how not to bring your whole self to work

The event will be recorded and sent out to all who registered to attend.

Companies secure their data, their systems, and their intellectual property—but what about you? If you’re privacy-minded or part of a marginalised group, protecting your own digital footprint is just as critical. From who you communicate with to how you move through digital spaces, your data is constantly being tracked, often in ways that impact different people unequally.

This free talk is for those who care about digital privacy and the unique risks marginalised employees face. We’ll break down how data is gathered, why it matters, and what steps you can take to protect yourself—both at work and beyond.

Topics include:
- Workplace data collection: What’s being tracked and why.
- Privacy risks in professional settings: From routine monitoring to ethical concerns.
- Practical security tools: Encryption, VPNs, and secure communication strategies.

Beyond workplace monitoring, we’ll also cover key tools and technologies for personal data protection—because privacy doesn’t stop when the workday ends.

Join us on March 18 for a realistic, non-alarmist look at privacy in the workplace and what employees can do to make informed choices.

About Briana Swift:

Briana Swift (she/her) is a music teacher turned technologist who spent years in B2B SaaS DevTools (ex-GitHub, ex-Docker), helping developers and companies navigate the tools that power modern software. She’s motivated by a simple truth: the open-source community educated her, and she’s committed to paying it forward.

Why is she talking about privacy and security? Because she’s seen enough to know it’s real, and it matters.

Briana believes education is power—not fear. She’s not here to tell you how to live your life, just to give you the tools to make informed choices about your digital safety.

About Yourequal:

Yourequal is a community-led employer-rating platform for marginalised workers that doubles as a consulting practice for committed employers.

Yourequal is currently run by a team of volunteers working on their free time to build empowering tools for marginalised groups in the workplace. Like some of the people we aim to serve, we are a mixture of marginalised genders, LGBTQIA+, BIPoC, immigrant, parent, and neurodivergent folks who all experienced our own challenges in the workplace.