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On Thursday, January 28, 2010, the AICPA IT Community celebrates Data Privacy Day 2010 by offering a Web seminar, Closing the Privacy GAPP: Best Practices to Protect Your Data. Join Dr. Marilyn Prosch of ArizonaStateUniversity and Nancy Cohen of the AICPA as they discuss the recent changes that were made to the AICPA/CICA Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) and how they can help you protect your organization’s data.
Data Privacy Day is celebrated on January 28th in the United States, Canada, and 27 European countries in an effort to raise awareness and generate discussion about data privacy and protection. Among its many goals, Data Privacy Day promotes privacy awareness and education among teens and young adults, focusing on the privacy issues raised by the use of social networking sites, cell phones, blackberries, online gaming, and other online activities and mobile devices. Data Privacy Day events and activities also stimulate the development of technology tools to promote individual control over personally identifiable information; encourage compliance with privacy laws and regulations; and create dialogues among parties interested in advancing data privacy and protection.