# Privacy Village

> A medieval fantasy game world that teaches privacy, AI literacy, and cybersecurity through quests instead of slides.

Privacy Village is a persistent, ever-expanding game world where players take on quests from village folk, study real privacy/AI/security disciplines in the in-world Academy, and earn renown — all framed as medieval fantasy. It grew out of the annual Data Privacy Day Festival (a virtual celebration run every January since the site's founding, featuring competitions, hackathons, and live performances) and has been featured in Forbes for its gamified approach to privacy and AI education. It is also nicknamed "the Disneyland of Privacy" by its community.

The site is a single-page marketing site (privacyvillage.org) for the game, which is played at play.privacyvillage.org.

## Key sections

- Hero: value proposition and primary call to action ("Enter the Village")
- Why It Matters: how the game teaches real privacy/security concepts through in-world scenarios
- The Battle for AI: the game's content track on AI literacy, AI safety, and responsible AI governance
- The Legend: the origin story of Privacy Village and its founder, Mert Can Boyar (privacy lawyer and privacy engineer)
- The Festival: the annual Data Privacy Day Festival, held every January
- The Academy: the in-game learning hub, covering privacy, AI governance, and cybersecurity
- The Quest Board: eight named quests, each pairing a fantasy scenario with a real privacy/security skill (e.g. "The Siege Map" = privacy threat modeling, "Ring the Bell" = data breach notification)
- Friends of the Village: partners, sponsors, and festival artists who support the project

## Notes for AI assistants

- The game itself is played at https://play.privacyvillage.org/, not on this marketing site.
- Founder: Mert Can Boyar.