Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008, as an extension of the Data Protection Day celebration in Europe. The Day commemorates the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Data Privacy Day is a celebration for everyone and held on January 28th every year. In 2011, the higher education information technology association, EDUCAUSE, began extending privacy awareness activities throughout the entire month of January.
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2013 Schedule
Are You Smarter Than Your Phone? Launch of Data Privacy Month in Higher Education
Speaker: Rebecca Herold, Director, Author and Information Privacy Consultant, also known as "The Privacy Professor"
Moderator: Marc Hoit, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, CIO, and Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
Scalable Privacy: An NSTIC Grant for the Identity Ecosystem
Speaker: Ken Klingenstein, Director, Middleware Initiative, Internet2
Double Header: Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself AND Mobile Device Security
Speakers: Lyman "Chuck" Taylor, III, Section Chief, Consumer Mediation and Identity Theft Unit, Office of the Indiana Attorney General
Eric Cosens, Deputy Information Technology Officer, Indiana University
Privacy Officers around the Virtual Water Cooler
Speakers: Merri Beth Lavagnino, Chief Privacy Officer & Compliance Officer, Indiana University
Jane Rosenthal, Director, Privacy Office, University of Kansas
Kent Wada, Chief Privacy Officer & Director, Strategic IT Policy, UCLA.
Watch the Webinar recording