Yesterday, 28th January was an important day… The Council of Europe celebrated this year the 14th edition of Data Protection Day.
This practice was to raise awareness about good practices in this field, informing users about their rights and how to exercise them.
This date is aligned to the anniversary of the opening for signature of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108 for the Protection of individuals in relation to automatic processing of personal data. For the past 30 years this has been a cornerstone of data protection, in Europe and around the world.
Why is Data Protection so important?
Data protection issues are very present throughout everyone’s lives. Not to mention in the work environment, in public relations, in the health sector, when buying goods and services, in travel or merely whilst using the internet.
However, not all people are informed on their rights. For this reason, the 28th January has been allocated to inform more users on their rights and so that data protection professionals address data subjects. It is important our digitally advanced society understands what personal data is collected from them and why, as well as what their rights are when their data is processed. This in turn, will help users be aware of the risks which comes with illegal mishandling and unfair processing of personal data.
Meterian can help!
Here are a list of our blogs which can help users be more cyber resilient and diligent when it comes to managing sensitive data.
- The Healthcare Sector: A Major Target for Cyber Attacks
- Top 10 Holiday Hacks
- Cyber Due Diligence: Why is this so important for M&A?
- How can your organization become more Cyber Resilient?
- How the wrong license can harm your business
Read also our past blog posts about vulnerabilities in:
to make sure your apps are not susceptible to such exploits that would risk data confidentiality.
Ship software without vulnerabilities. 