About Data Privacy Day

Our Mission

Data Privacy Day is an annual international celebration designed to promote awareness about privacy and education about best privacy practices.

In this networked world, in which we are thoroughly digitized, with our identities, locations, actions, purchases, associations, movements, and histories stored as so many bits and bytes, we have to ask – who is collecting all of this data – what are they doing with it  – with whom are they sharing it?  Most of all, individuals are asking ‘How can I protect my information from being misused?’  These are reasonable questions to ask – we should all want to know the answers. 

Data Privacy Day promotes awareness about the many ways personal information is collected, stored, used, and shared, and education about privacy practices that will enable individuals to protect their personal information.  

These are not questions for consumers and citizens alone, however.  Business operators and state and federal governments must engage in this dialogue as well.  Businesses have to question whether they are complying with laws and regulations requiring consumer privacy protections.  They know that customers have to trust their technologies and services before they will use and pay for them.  Government representatives need to explore and give effect to legislation in this area that protects consumers but also allows for technological innovation, progress and growth. 

Data Privacy Day promotes collaboration and dialogue among all of those stakeholders with an interest in privacy.

To download Data Privacy Day logos, posters, web banners and tip sheets, please visit our Tip Sheets and Collateral page.