Kroll Fraud Solutions Blog – A Dialogue on Data Security

This Friday, January 28, is Data Privacy Day – marking an international celebration, with people and businesses all over the world participating in events and initiatives. Data Privacy Day raises consumer awareness about the growing difficulties of protecting sensitive information and keeping it private. We called this day to readers’ attention last year, and later noticed an entry at the Data Privacy Day blog calling attention to an insightful article written by Jay Cline, President of Minnesota Privacy Consultants, that’s titled “The Top 5 Mistakes of Privacy Awareness Programs.” The blog issued a challenge to establish a training program if your company doesn’t already have one, and to maintain it permanently.

Tomorrow is Data Privacy Day, an annual celebration to “raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy,” according to The Privacy Projects, the nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating the role of consumer privacy and data protection.

Officially recognized by both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Data Privacy Day is observed nationally and worldwide. Events are scheduled not only for January 28th, but through the month of February and are designed to be an opportunity for dialogue amongst all stakeholders – businesses, consumers, government agencies, and academics. The official  website contains lots of educational material for businesses and consumers alike from Data Privacy Day sponsors: http://dataprivacyday2010.org.