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Privacy@Michigan

International Data Privacy Day is celebrated each year on January 28.

Once again in 2022, ITS Information Assurance will celebrate Data Privacy Day with a series of virtual events, starting January 19.

Curious about last year's event? Check out the Data Privacy Day 2021 archive page.

Upcoming Privacy@Michigan Events

01/27/22: Protecting Your Privacy

Learn about how to control privacy settings on social media, how to change mobile app permissions, how to block advertisements, etc.

This event is part of the Online Self-Defense Workshops with SPI Lab series. The workshops will be led by members of the Security Privacy Interaction Lab (SPI Lab) at the University of Michigan. SPI Lab is a team of researchers studying privacy and security issues in today's digital world. Learn more about SPI Lab at spilab.io.

U-M login is required for this event.
01/28/22: Privacy Day Keynote

Privacy Day Keynote — Beyond Privacy: Fairness in How Personal Data is Used in Our New Digital World

Learn about the origin of Data Privacy Day and how privacy and data protection are different, yet connected, and particularly relevant in our highly technological world. Dr. Zanfir-Fortuna will delve into real-life cases highlighting the importance of data protection in automated decision-making and algorithms, and explore the expansion of data protection legislation around the world and across the United States.

Dr. Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, will be facilitating Q&A time after the keynote presentation.
02/03/22: Protecting Yourself Against Bad Actors

Learn how to spot and avoid online scams, phishing emails, and identity theft.

This event is part of the Online Self-Defense Workshops with SPI Lab series. The workshops will be led by members of the Security Privacy Interaction Lab (SPI Lab) at the University of Michigan. SPI Lab is a team of researchers studying privacy and security issues in today's digital world. Learn more about SPI Lab at spilab.io.

U-M login is required for this event.

More About Privacy@Michigan

Each year, Privacy@Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan School of Information and U-M Information Assurance, has brought together faculty, researchers, students and staff from different colleges, schools and units across campus and aims to spark ongoing, multidisciplinary conversations about privacy’s role in society—here at U-M and worldwide. While we cannot host an in-person event in 2021, we are excited to be able to offer some interesting webinars.

Learn more about the topic of privacy in Why You Should Care About Privacy, a video produced by UMSI, featuring Sol Bermann, U-M Executive Director of Information Assurance and Chief Information Security Officer, and Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor, U-M School of Information. You are also invited to share your thoughts about privacy in six words as part of the U-M Privacy Card Project, and see what others have shared.

Stay Safe Online presents new materials for Data Privacy Day each year, including links to resources and online events.