What is Data Privacy Day?
Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008 as an extension of the Data Protection Day celebration in Europe. Data Protection Day commemorates the Jan. 28, 1981, signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection. Data Privacy Day is observed annually on Jan. 28 and is the signature event in a greater privacy awareness and education effort. Year-round, NCSA educates consumers on how they can own their online presence and shows organizations how privacy is good for business. NCSA’s privacy awareness campaign is an integral component of STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
Source: https://staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/
Excerpt from Professor David Hoffman's Policy@Intel blog post:
"Data Privacy Day began with a conversation at my dinner table eight years ago, when Leonardo Cervera Navas and Jolynn Dellinger joined my family for dinner.
Leonardo had the idea first that it would be wonderful if there was a day when people could recognize those shared values and promote transatlantic cooperation. Data Protection Day had already been recognized in Europe and held on January 28th, which is the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s signing of Convention 108. It is Convention 108 which first recognized privacy as a fundamental human right. I have a vivid memory of Jolynn then saying, “We shouldn’t just talk about it, we should do it.” By the end of dessert, Data Privacy Day was born.
Data Privacy Day has come a long way since that dinner. Jolynn, the initial project manager for the event, turned our idea into a reality. Leonardo secured the participation of then European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, and representative of the Italian Garante Giovanni Buttarelli for an event at Duke University Law School. Now thousands of organizations recognize Data Privacy Day and participate in events to build privacy awareness."
Full Story at: https://blogs.intel.com/policy/2016/01/28/origins-data-privacy-day/#gs.sblogs