Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting personal and sensitive information, helping organizations and individuals maintain trust and security in the digital age.
Privacy experts from Comparitech and Pixel Privacy have provided the following commentary on this subject.
Brian Higgins, Security Specialist at Comparitech:
“A decade ago, Data Privacy wasn’t on anyone’s radar and ‘sharing’ was the norm. Fast forward past some really awful breaches on nation states, corporations and individuals and we find ourselves concerned and a little fearful that our privacy is at risk from criminals, unscrupulous platforms and businesses, and even the authorities who are supposed to protect and defend us.
It’s more important than ever to take advantage of initiatives like Data Privacy Day as catalysts to encourage some personal data hygiene practices. Advocate multi-factor authentication on anything that will take it, check platform Privacy settings regularly, purge your online contacts and bin any you don’t recognize, get some mainstream Credit Monitoring if you can afford it and make sure you and those you care about know exactly what to do in a data crisis however big or small.
Personal responsibility is the best defence these days because nobody else will do it for you. Your data is far too valuable financially, corporately or ideologically for anyone else to be relied upon to protect it for you.”
Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion at Pixel Privacy:
“As another Data Privacy Day arrives, users need to understand that they need to take personal responsibility when it comes to their privacy. Do not rely on your country’s government to protect you with new rules and regulations; they are really not there to help you. Nor can users rely on the companies they deal with to keep their data private. We have seen thousands of data breached in recent years, exposing just how little organizations know about protecting their customers’ personal info.
Stay private by using a VPN to hide your travels around the web. It’s no business but your own as to what you’re doing on the internet.
Take advantage of services that remove your personal information from data brokers and people-finder services. (Manually contacting data brokers is time consuming, and considering there are thousands of these firms out there, it could quickly become your career if you don’t use a removal service.)
Think before you click on links or open attachments found in text messages and emails. Also think before turning over any kind of personal information to an outside party. Be sure to question such requests. Ask them why they need the info, what they’re going to do with the info, and who they’ll be sharing the info with.”
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Today is Data Privacy Day
Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting personal and sensitive information, helping organizations and individuals maintain trust and security in the digital age.
Privacy experts from Comparitech and Pixel Privacy have provided the following commentary on this subject.
Brian Higgins, Security Specialist at Comparitech:
“A decade ago, Data Privacy wasn’t on anyone’s radar and ‘sharing’ was the norm. Fast forward past some really awful breaches on nation states, corporations and individuals and we find ourselves concerned and a little fearful that our privacy is at risk from criminals, unscrupulous platforms and businesses, and even the authorities who are supposed to protect and defend us.
It’s more important than ever to take advantage of initiatives like Data Privacy Day as catalysts to encourage some personal data hygiene practices. Advocate multi-factor authentication on anything that will take it, check platform Privacy settings regularly, purge your online contacts and bin any you don’t recognize, get some mainstream Credit Monitoring if you can afford it and make sure you and those you care about know exactly what to do in a data crisis however big or small.
Personal responsibility is the best defence these days because nobody else will do it for you. Your data is far too valuable financially, corporately or ideologically for anyone else to be relied upon to protect it for you.”
Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion at Pixel Privacy:
“As another Data Privacy Day arrives, users need to understand that they need to take personal responsibility when it comes to their privacy. Do not rely on your country’s government to protect you with new rules and regulations; they are really not there to help you. Nor can users rely on the companies they deal with to keep their data private. We have seen thousands of data breached in recent years, exposing just how little organizations know about protecting their customers’ personal info.
Stay private by using a VPN to hide your travels around the web. It’s no business but your own as to what you’re doing on the internet.
Take advantage of services that remove your personal information from data brokers and people-finder services. (Manually contacting data brokers is time consuming, and considering there are thousands of these firms out there, it could quickly become your career if you don’t use a removal service.)
Think before you click on links or open attachments found in text messages and emails. Also think before turning over any kind of personal information to an outside party. Be sure to question such requests. Ask them why they need the info, what they’re going to do with the info, and who they’ll be sharing the info with.”
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