Data Protection Day, January 28th

Thought some readers of this blog might be interested in Data Protection Day, tomorrow, January 28. The Council of Europe established this day to raise awareness of data privacy and data protection issues and how we, as technology professionals, can do something about it.  You can read more about their aims here.

Microsoft is joining in by holding a Data Privacy Day event in San Francisco at the San Francisco Public Library and participating in an event in Brussels, Belgium. Lot’s of information from microsoft.com about privacy for IT, government, teachers, students, and parents here.

If you are reading this blog, this is likely right up your ally; take a moment and give a little more thought about the data entrusted to you and what you can do to protect it.