Data Privacy Day/Month 2013 The U.S. Congress also realized the
importance of a day dedicated to data privacy awareness and in
2009 passed resolutions recognizing Jan. 28 as National Data
Privacy Day. Data Privacy Month is an annual effort to empower
people to protect their privacy and control their digital
footprint, as well as escalate the protection of privacy and
data as everyone’s priority. Spend the month helping to ensure
your institution/GPLS and community is respecting privacy,
safeguarding data, and enabling trust. The USG Office of
Information and ePrivacy will host several events, face-to-face
and online. - academic conferences on topics including national
security and data transfers, social networking and information
security Gatewood, USG Chief Information Security Officer,
“Privacy Day offers numerous opportunities to elevate
consciousness of data privacy issues and encourage others to
take action to protect their personal information.”