For Data Protection Day 2026, we're taking you from Ancient Rome to now.

Our rights expanded in the Information Age to include the electronic body. Data is our DNA.

But now protections are shrinking. All while surveillance becomes industrialised, AI outstrips regulation and our institutions fall under corporate capture.

We must learn from history and course correct now.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/give-a-bit-theyll-take-a-megabyte-data-protection-then-and-now/

#DataProtectionDay #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #DataPrivacyDay

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

It's 2026, and your personal data privacy has never been more important. Privacy is an essential right when it comes to personal safety, upholding democracy, keeping our freedom of speech, and building community. 🫂 (1/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips

That's why Big Tech companies and authoritarian governments are constantly trying to take your privacy away. 👮 (2/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Democracy #HumanRights #DataProtectionDay #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips #Privacy

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

It's 2026, and your personal data privacy has never been more important. Privacy is an essential right when it comes to personal safety, upholding democracy, keeping our freedom of speech, and building community. 🫂 (1/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips

That's why Big Tech companies and authoritarian governments are constantly trying to take your privacy away. 👮 (2/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Democracy #HumanRights #DataProtectionDay #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips #Privacy

1/ 🎉Happy #DataProtectionDay 🎉

Data protection is fundamental right & backbone of many other digital rights we rely on every day.

Strong data protection limits surveillance, curbs profiling, exposes discrimination & gives people ways to challenge automated decisions. Without it, words like fairness, equality & accountability quickly lose their meaning, online & offline.

Today & any other day, our message should be clear: this right matters, it's not negotiable & deserves full protection.

1/ 🎉Happy #DataProtectionDay 🎉

Data protection is fundamental right & backbone of many other digital rights we rely on every day.

Strong data protection limits surveillance, curbs profiling, exposes discrimination & gives people ways to challenge automated decisions. Without it, words like fairness, equality & accountability quickly lose their meaning, online & offline.

Today & any other day, our message should be clear: this right matters, it's not negotiable & deserves full protection.

For Data Protection Day 2026, we're taking you from Ancient Rome to now.

Our rights expanded in the Information Age to include the electronic body. Data is our DNA.

But now protections are shrinking. All while surveillance becomes industrialised, AI outstrips regulation and our institutions fall under corporate capture.

We must learn from history and course correct now.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/give-a-bit-theyll-take-a-megabyte-data-protection-then-and-now/

#DataProtectionDay #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #DataPrivacyDay

Today, on 28 January, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Data Protection Day, a milestone that reminds us of the enduring importance of privacy and the evolution of data protection from Convention 108 to today’s GDPR.

In his opening remarks, Wojciech Wiewiorowski, the Supervisor, reminded that “effective enforcement of data protection rules in the digital world is not only the institutional mission of the EDPS; it is also a topic which requires constant reflection and open exchanges. [...] We need to be able to work together efficiently and effectively, so that together we can deliver the right outcomes for individuals, businesses and society as a whole.”

“In less than 10 years, the GDPR has become the gold standard in the field of data protection, not only at the European level, but also worldwide. [...] The GDPR is more than a regulatory instrument: it is anchored in Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and cannot be compromised in the context of reform debates.”

“The role of data protection extends far beyond the realm of privacy and indeed it often becomes a safeguard for democracy itself” concluded the Supervisor.

👉 Read the full speech here: https://link.europa.eu/bYPww6

#DataProtection #DataProtectionDay #DPD2026 #Convention108 @Council of Europe

Today, on 28 January, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Data Protection Day, a milestone that reminds us of the enduring importance of privacy and the evolution of data protection from Convention 108 to today’s GDPR.

In his opening remarks, Wojciech Wiewiorowski, the Supervisor, reminded that “effective enforcement of data protection rules in the digital world is not only the institutional mission of the EDPS; it is also a topic which requires constant reflection and open exchanges. [...] We need to be able to work together efficiently and effectively, so that together we can deliver the right outcomes for individuals, businesses and society as a whole.”

“In less than 10 years, the GDPR has become the gold standard in the field of data protection, not only at the European level, but also worldwide. [...] The GDPR is more than a regulatory instrument: it is anchored in Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and cannot be compromised in the context of reform debates.”

“The role of data protection extends far beyond the realm of privacy and indeed it often becomes a safeguard for democracy itself” concluded the Supervisor.

👉 Read the full speech here: https://link.europa.eu/bYPww6

#DataProtection #DataProtectionDay #DPD2026 #Convention108 @Council of Europe