Yes, such an auspicious occasion has reached its third
'birthday'. It has to be said the first went off with
little pomp and ceremony and whilst the second did assist in
raising awareness amongst the public, perhaps the third will be
remembered simply because it follows on from what has to go down as
one of the worst years on record in terms of the sheer volume of
data 'lost' and flagrant breaches of the Data Protection
Act 1998.
Each year as part of European Data Protection Day, European
countries introduce new initiatives in an attempt to improve the
level of awareness of personal data protection that European
Citizens have. This year, the UK's Information Commissioner is
asking organisational heads and government departments to sign the
'promise'; the "Personal Information promise". By
signing up to the 'promise', such bodies will be
demonstrating "their organisation's senior level
commitment to data protection".
