28th January : Data Privacy Day

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Data is today's currency. We are surrounded by data 24 by 7.


Data Privacy Day occurs on 28th of January every year. This day is primarily observed in United States, European Union, Canada and Israel and 47 European countries but is also spreading in other parts of the world due to growing privacy concerns day by day.

What is the need to observe this day?

There's no doubt how important privacy is but we somehow become unconcerned about the loss of privacy of our data.A decade ago no one would have predicted how companies would end up basing their entire business model on user data but now gradually changes are seen in companies privacy policies which is a good thing. 

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Data privacy Day was initially began as an educational event to increase the awareness among businesses to prote user privacy and protect user's data.The educational focus has expanded over years to include families and consumers.The international celebration offers many opportunities for collaboration among government, industry, academia, privacy professionals, non profits and educators.
Quick History

The day was initiated by Council Of Europe to be first held in 2007 as European Data Protection Day. Two years later  on 26 January 2009,the United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution HR 31 by a vote of 402-0, declaring January 28 as National Data Privacy Day.

Fun Fact

Data breaches cost companies worldwide almost $4 million on average for every incident.

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