Today is European Data Protection Day. This initiative, now in its ninth year, is aimed at raising awareness among consumers and businesses of the importance of safeguarding data, respecting privacy and creating trust. The date was chosen because on 28 January 1981 the Council of Europe passed Convention 108, the first legally binding treaty to deal with the protection of individuals’ personal data and privacy. Two years later, the initiative was adopted in the US as National Data Privacy Day.
2014 saw an alarming increase in the number of data breaches, discussions over the meaning of ‘personal data, issues with Google over the ‘right to be forgotten’ and criminal actions over phone hacking, leading to an increasing lack of trust in the ability of large organisations and businesses to preserve our personal data safely. For a statement issued by the EU today on its planned reform see – http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-3802_en.htm
2014 saw an alarming increase in the number of data breaches, discussions over the meaning of ‘personal data, issues with Google over the ‘right to be forgotten’ and criminal actions over phone hacking, leading to an increasing lack of trust in the ability of large organisations and businesses to preserve our personal data safely. For a statement issued by the EU today on its planned reform see – http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-3802_en.htm
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