Access Now 28 January 2021 | 2:43 am
On the occasion of Data Protection Day 2021, this post explores what the future of data protection could look like. But let’s start with: what is data protection?
Data protection: we have all heard of it but it is not always clear what it means or why it matters.
Data protection is about making sure that your information is safe online. It is ensuring that you know who is seeing it and why, and that you keep control of it. As we are often forced to share more of our data online, some governments have protected that data through legislation. In 2020, we saw Brazil finally starting to apply its data protection law after years of work by civil society and academics.
Initially launched in 2006 by the Council of Europe as ‘Data Protection Day’, Data Privacy Day celebrates the signing of ‘Convention 108’ in 1981.
40 years later it is bewildering to think of the change, from then to now, in how data is used, collected and processed. From 2010 to 2020 alone, the volume of data consumed worldwide exploded from two zettabytes (two trillion gigabytes) to 59 zettabytes.
As the anniversary of Data Privacy Day comes and goes, I like to take stock and ask myself: what will the big developments be this year? And how, in a world which runs on information, can data be truly protected?
How to Ensure Data Privacy and Organizational Security
Today-January 28
th-is known as Data Privacy Day (or, in the European Union, Data Protection Day) in the United States, Canada, Israel, and the 47 EU countries in which it is observed.
Privacy-especially data privacy-is vital. Many national constitutions-in fact, over 150 of them-mention the right to privacy. It s also been mentioned in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and is protected under the European Convention on Human Rights. There have been a number of privacy regulations enacted in many countries, regions, and states, including the EU s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
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Access Reregisters as a Data Privacy Day Champion to Continue Raising Awareness About the .
Access Corp.January 28, 2021 GMT
WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Access, the world’s largest privately-held integrated information management services provider, today announced its ongoing commitment to Data Privacy Day by reregistering as a 2021 Champion for the campaign. As a Champion, Access recognizes and supports the principle that all organizations share the responsibility of being conscientious stewards of personal information.
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Data Privacy Day is a global effort taking place annually on January 28th that generates awareness about the importance of privacy, highlights easy ways to protect personal information, and reminds organizations that privacy is good for business.
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