EDUCAUSE Live!

Launch of Data Privacy Month for Higher Education*

Date: January 4, 2012

Time: 1:00 p.m. ET (UTC-5); convert to your time zone

Moderator: Diana Oblinger, President and CEO, EDUCAUSE

Speakers: Nat Wood, Assistant Director for Consumer and Business Education, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC
Jolynn Dellinger, Program Manager, Data Privacy Day, National Cyber Security Alliance
Merri Beth Lavagnino, Chief Privacy Officer and Compliance Coordinator, Indiana University

*This web seminar is part of a series of Data Privacy Month web seminars.

Summary

For several years EDUCAUSE and the Higher Education Information Security Council have been promoting October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Beginning in 2012, we will begin a similar campaign that will recognize January as Data Privacy Month. As institutions of higher education seek to improve information security and protect personally identifiable information, there is a growing need to raise awareness of privacy issues among our students, faculty, and staff. Privacy topics range from institutional adoption of Fair Information Practices to individual behaviors that impact privacy in settings such as use of mobile devices, social media, or online commerce. This webinar will introduce the new privacy awareness campaign, highlight federal government efforts, and describe higher education programs and initiatives.

Related EDUCAUSE Resources

• Privacy Considerations in Cloud-Based Teaching and Learning Environments, ELI White Paper, January 2011.
• Smartphone Privacy & Security: What Should We Teach Our Users?, Mobile Computing Sprint Seminar, April 2011.
• 7 Things You Should Know About Privacy in Web 2.0 Learning Environments, ELI 7 Things You Should Know, September 2010.
• Effective Management of Information Security and Privacy, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume 29, Number 1, 2006.

Additional Resources

• Data Privacy Day
• FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Business Center
• FTC’s OnGuard Online
• Indiana University’s Data Privacy Day 2012

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