''Do Not Track'' (French: ''Traque interdite'') is a 2015 online interactive documentary series about internet privacy, conceived and directed by

Brett Gaylor Brett Gaylor is a Canadian documentary filmmaker living in Victoria, British Columbia. He grew up on Galiano Island, British Columbia. He was formerly the VP of Mozilla's Webmaker Program. His documentary, ''Do Not Track'', explores privacy a ...

. The series, which combines short videos and interactive elements, seeks to educate people about who may be tracking them online and the amount of private information that may be extrapolated from their Internet activities. It interviews experts and activists such as danah boyd, Ethan Zuckerman,

Kate Crawford Kate Crawford (born 1976) is a writer, composer, producer and academic. Crawford is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research (Social Media Collective), the co-founder and former director of research at the AI Now Institute at NYU, a visiting ...

Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog '' Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of ...

and

Alicia Garza Alicia Garza (born January 4, 1981) is an American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the international Black Lives Matter movement. She has organized around the issues of health, student services and rights, rights for d ...

about how personal online data is being collected and used, and allows users see in real-time how their own personal data is being tracked. This web documentary is an

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of the

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and . Its first two episodes were launched on April 14, to be followed by five more installments released once every two weeks. ''Do Not Track'' was also presented as an interactive installation in the Storyscapes section of the

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. It was nominated for Best Original Program or Series, Non-Fiction at the

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. Do Not Track received a

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for the Web category, an

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Award for Best Series, and a

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for Best Interactive Series.

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