Data Privacy Day

{{Short description|Data privacy in modern digital space}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

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| date = 28 January

| firsttime = 2007

| duration = 1 day

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Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day){{cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/dataprotection/data_protection_day_en.asp|title=Data Protection Day|publisher=Council of Europe|accessdate=29 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227074032/http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/dataprotection/Data_protection_day_en.asp|archivedate=27 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} is an international event that occurs every year on 28 January.{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/celebrating-data-privacy.html|title=Celebrating data privacy |author=Peter Fleischer, Jane Horvath, Shuman Ghosemajumder|publisher=Google Blog |accessdate=12 August 2011 |year=2008}} The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. It is currently observed in the United States, Canada, Qatar,{{cite web|url=https://assurance.ncsa.gov.qa/en/news/2023/national-data-privacy-office-ndpo-celebrates-data-privacy-day-2023|title= Qatar Celebrates Privacy Day 2023 |publisher= National Data Privacy Office (NDPO)|accessdate=24 January 2024}} Nigeria, Israel{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/he/departments/topics/international_privacy_day|title=יום הגנת הפרטיות הבינלאומי-gov.il |publisher=The Israel Privacy Protection Authority|accessdate=28 January 2019}} and 47 European countries.

Data Privacy Days educational initiative originally focused on raising awareness among businesses as well as users about the importance of protecting the privacy of their personal information online, particularly in the context of social networking.{{Cite journal |last=De Capitani Di Vimercati |first=Sabrina |last2=Foresti |first2=Sara |last3=Livraga |first3=Giovanni |last4=Samarati |first4=Pierangela |date=December 2012 |title=DATA PRIVACY: DEFINITIONS AND TECHNIQUES |url=https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218488512400247 |journal=International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems |language=en |volume=20 |issue=06 |pages=793–817 |doi=10.1142/S0218488512400247 |issn=0218-4885}} The educational focus has expanded over the years to include families, consumers and businesses. In addition to its educational initiative, Data Privacy Day promotes events and activities that stimulate the development of technology tools that promote individual control over personally identifiable information; encourage compliance with privacy laws and regulations; and create dialogues among stakeholders interested in advancing data protection and privacy. The international celebration offers many opportunities for collaboration among governments, industry, academia, nonprofits, privacy professionals and educators.{{Cite journal |last=De Capitani Di Vimercati |first=Sabrina |last2=Foresti |first2=Sara |last3=Livraga |first3=Giovanni |last4=Samarati |first4=Pierangela |date=December 2012 |title=DATA PRIVACY: DEFINITIONS AND TECHNIQUES |url=https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218488512400247 |journal=International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems |language=en |volume=20 |issue=06 |pages=793–817 |doi=10.1142/S0218488512400247 |issn=0218-4885}}

The Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data was opened for signature by the Council of Europe on 28 January 1981. This convention is currently in the process of being updated in order to reflect new legal challenges caused by technological development. The Convention on Cybercrime is also protecting the integrity of data systems and thus of privacy in cyberspace. Privacy including data protection is also protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The day was initiated by the Council of Europe to be first held in 2007 as the 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 28 January National Data Privacy Day.[https://archive.today/20120718131345/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.res.00031/ H.Res.31 Expressing support for the designation of 28 January 2009 as "National Data Privacy Day"] On 28 January 2009, the Senate passed Senate Resolution 25 also recognizing 28 January 2009 as National Data Privacy Day. The United States Senate also recognized Data Privacy Day in 2010 and 2011.