Groups Celebrate International Privacy Day
January 28, 2009 is International Privacy Day. On this day in 1981, the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data was signed. The Privacy Coalition, a nonpartisan coalition of consumer, civil liberties, educational, family, library, labor, and technology organizations sponsored a resolution to mark the occasion. The Electronic Privacy Information Center celebrated the day by selecting Stefano Rodota for the organization's Champion of Freedom Award. Previous awards have gone to Senator Patrick Leahy, and Professor Pamela Samuelson.
