Per the National Cybersecurity Alliance, Data Privacy Week is an international effort to empower individuals and businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust.
You have the power to take charge of your data. This is why we are excited to celebrate Data Privacy Week with the theme:
Take control of your data:
Your online activity creates a treasure trove of data. This data ranges from your interests and purchases to your online behaviors, and it is collected by websites, apps, devices, services, and companies all around the globe. This data can even include information about your physical self, like health data – think about how an app on your phone might count how many steps you take.
You cannot control how each little piece of data about you and your family is collected. However, you still have a right to data privacy. You can help manage your data with a few repeatable behaviors. Your data is valuable and you deserve to have a say!
Resources:
Federal Privacy Council: https://www.fpc.gov/data-privacy-week-2024/
Identity Theft Resource Center: ITRC to Release 20th Annual Data Breach Report at Policy Forum During Data Privacy Week 2026
National Cybersecurity Alliance: https://staysafeonline.org/programs/data-privacy-week/
New York State Office of Information Technology Services: https://its.ny.gov/data-privacy-week