The Data Protection Day was celebrated on January 28, 2022 across the world with the theme of ‘Privacy Matters’. The objective of the day is to sensitize individuals and disseminate privacy practices and principles. It encourages everyone to own their privacy responsibilities to create a culture of privacy.
- In 2006, the Council of Europe launched a Data Protection Day to be celebrated each year on 28 January.
- This year’s Data Protection Day on 28 January marks the 41th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s ‘Convention 108’, the only international treaty on privacy.
- Today, the General Data Protection Regulation applies in the European Union and it has become the global benchmark for privacy regulation.
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