January 28, 2009

 

 

Data Privacy Day Resolution Today in Senate

Madison – State Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Waunakee) will speak today on behalf of his data privacy day resolution that is scheduled for action on the floor in the State Senate. The resolution was drafted in response to a request from Erpenbach constituent Joe Campana, a privacy advocate.

“It is my hope that this resolution will help raise awareness of the critical issues surrounding personal data privacy. Teenagers especially are not as careful as they should be with their personal information – they have never lived in a paper world – and they don’t always understand that personal information on a computer can last forever,” said Erpenbach.

“We may not be able to stop the flow of personal information completely, trust me I have tried, but we can make people truly aware of the risks to their personal information and raise awareness for consumers,” said Erpenbach.

One of the primary goals of data privacy day       is to raise awareness and education among teens across the US. In addition, it is a goal to help make educate the public to be better guardians of their own personal data.

The largest number of personal profiles on the planet is stored on social networking sites and the biggest warehouse of personal images on the internet is Facebook – 30 billion personal images.