Your Data Everywhere: Is Privacy In Your Future?

The Buzz 1: “Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.” (Margaret Cho, stand-up comedian) The Buzz 2: Millions of people are unaware of and uninformed about how their personal information is being used, collected or shared in our digital society. Data Privacy Week aims to inspire dialogue and empower individuals and companies to take action. (staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-week) The Buzz 3: “In the next three years, the value of data will increase, making it even more valuable than it is today. The more efficiently you store your data, the more benefits your business will see.” (Thomas Harrer, CTO, IBM Systems Hardware Sales in Europe) The Buzz 4: “Digital freedom stops where that of users begins... digital evolution must no longer be offered to a customer in trade-off between privacy and security. Privacy is not for sale, it's a valuable asset to protect.” (Stephane Nappo, Global Head, Information Security, Société Générale International Banking) The Buzz 5: “Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book: The most common categories for 2021 complaints were identity theft, imposter scams…… 406,000+ people reported someone submitted a fraudulent government document under their name.”(consumeraffairs.com) We’ll ask Mike Audi, Tim Drisdelle, Shane Faria and Bingxu Ren for their take on Your Data Everywhere: Is Privacy in Your Future?