Thu 31 Jan 2008
Thank you so much!
Posted by Leonardo Cervera under Post Data Privacy Day
Dear friends of data privacy in the United States, Canada and the rest of the world,
The inaugural Data Privacy Day in North America has gone very well. Much better than I had ever expected.
Thanks to our supporters and sponsors and thanks in particular to Duke University and the International Association of Privacy Professionals, we have achieved our main goal: that North America and the European Union celebrated Data Privacy Day together.
I heard many people saying that the international conference at Duke University was deeply satisfying. May I add that some of the exchange of views between US and EU experts, anticipating perhaps a new era of transalantic understanding on data protection issues, were trully remarkable. You can see the webcast of the conference at the Duke Law School website.
But the activities of the Data Privacy Day went beyond Duke’s walls. Members of the IAPP gave data privacy day presentations in the following states: New Jersey, New York, Nebraska, Colorado, California, Minnesota, Ohio, Seattle, Miami, Virginia and Indiana.
In the state of North Carolina, further to the proclamation by Governor Easley , the director of the NC Deparment of Public Instruction sent an email to NC superintendents encouraging all middle and high schools to participate in the day activities.
During the next two weeks I will continue posting information on the feeback that we are getting from friends all over the United States and Canada, information that we will reflect in a final and official report.
On behalf of all the public and private organisations having sponsored this initiative, I would like to express our gratitude to all persons and institutions that have participated in this inaugural Data Privacy Day in North America.
Yours sincerely,
Leonardo Cervera Navas
EU Fellow at Duke University
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Thank you, Leo, from all of us at UNC. You assembled a world-class gathering of experts right here in our back yard. It was an honor and pleasure to have the opportunity to attend.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
I prefer reading this kind of information when I’m alone in the room, so no one would see an expression on my face. It’s disgusting! I don’t believe a single grose word about it!