Data Privacy Week
January 25 – 29, 2027
Data privacy isn't just a job for the legal team. It's a daily habit that every employee owns, and the same habits protect you and your family at home.
2027 Theme: Privacy Works here
Every day, employees handle customer records, paste text into AI tools and share files with coworkers. Each of those moments is a privacy decision. Privacy Works Here turns those decisions into simple habits anyone can follow, whatever their role.
The best part? The habits that protect your organization's data also protect your own. What your team learns at work, they can take home to their families.
This year's Data Privacy Week gives security, privacy and awareness teams a ready-to-run week of free materials to train their workforce. We've done the prep, so you can focus on the people.
About Data Privacy Week
The goal of Data Privacy Week is to spread awareness about online privacy. We think data privacy should be a priority both for individuals and organizations. Our goal is twofold: we want to help citizens understand that they have the power to manage their data and we want to help organizations understand why it is important that they respect their users’ data.
Why Is Data Privacy Week Important?
Our data is collected every day — your computer, smartphone, and pretty much every other internet-connected device gathers data, which might even include your wristwatch or car! But you often have some choices when it comes to how this data is collected, shared, and sold.
Personal data can be stored indefinitely. Data can be used to make inferences about your socioeconomic status, demographic information, and preferences. Even seemingly innocuous information, such as your favorite restaurants or items you purchase online, can be used to make assumptions about you and your habits. Many companies have the opportunity to monitor the data of their users and consumers, and they sell the data for profit.
If this reality is sending chills down your spine, don’t fret! You can take steps to control how your data is shared. You can’t lock down all of your data — even if you stop using the internet, credit card companies record your purchases and the government knows your Social Security number. But you can take simple steps to manage it and take more control of who it is shared with.
