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Privacy@Michigan 2021

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

During 2021, ITS Information Assurance will recognize Data Privacy Day by hosting virtual events over Zoom in late January and early February. Connection details will be provided here when they are available.

Upcoming Privacy@Michigan Events

01/28/21: Nine Digits: A Brief History of Data, Privacy, and the SSN

Data Privacy Day, 4:00–5:00 p.m.

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Join the event via Zoom.

Sarah Igo, Andrew Jackson professor of history and director of the Program in American Studies at Vanderbilt University, discusses the history and privacy implications of the SSN.

02/02/21: Student Data Privacy and ViziBLUE

This interactive student panel will focus on student privacy at U-M and will introduce ViziBLUE, a first of its kind in higher-ed tool that provides information about student data collection and use. This event is co-hosted by the student group Tech for Social Good.

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.