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Data Protection Day
On 26 April 2006, the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to launch a Data
Protection Day, to be celebrated each year on 28 January.
Why the 28 January? This
date corresponds to the anniversary of the opening for signature of the
Council of Europe's Convention 108 for the Protection of individuals
with regard to automatic processing of personal data which has been for
over 30 years a cornerstone of data protection, in Europe and beyond.
Data Protection Day is now
celebrated globally and is called the "Privacy Day" outside Europe.
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Data protection issues, including their
cross-border dimension, are for ever present in citizens’
lives – at work, in their relations with public
authorities, in the health field, when they buy goods or
services, when they travel or surf the internet.
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The aim
of the Data Protection Day is to give everyone a chance to understand what personal data is collected
and processed and why, and what our rights
are with respect to this processing. (more)
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Each
interested member state, national or international body
is encouraged to participate. The Data Protection Day is
intended to be organised in a flexible and decentralised
manner so as to cater for the wishes and resources of
each participant.
Interested states or bodies may determine the type of
activity they wish to organise. To this end, they may
wish to take into account any data protection
raising-awareness strategy that they may have at
national level.
The
Council of Europe has no specific budget for this
activity. Therefore, each State and/or interested body
has to finance on its own budget any activity it wishes
to organise within the framework of this Day.
However, in view of the fact that most data protection
supervisory authorities and some public or private
sector parties already organise awareness-raising
activities, participation in the Data Protection Day
would not necessarily entail an additional financial
burden.
It
would be more a matter of including the 28th of January
when planning events in the framework of a State and/or
interested body’s awareness-raising strategy.
Information on 2012 events coming soon.
Further
information:
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Data Protection Day
2012
The Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data, known as "Convention 108" is a cornerstone of privacy and personal data protection in Europe since its opening for signature on 28 January 1981. It has been ratified by 43 member states of the Council of Europe and is open for signature by any country in the world.
This year's Data Protection Day will be special for the Council of Europe
as it is currently modernising its Convention. On this occasion it is organising in
Brussels, on 27 January 2012 together with the International
Conference on Computer, Privacy and Data Protection a session
enabling a multistakeholder consultation on the proposals of
modification of Convention 108.
Here is the
programme.
The
registration form and further information on this event can be found
here.
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