PLG celebrates International Data Privacy Week 2026: Take Control of Your Data! Our Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group prepared this collection of advisories, privacy essentials, tip sheets and more to help our clients prioritize Privacy by Design.
Please follow along each day this week on LinkedIn and this page for continued updates!
- Own Your Privacy: be a better privacy champion with this quick checklist.
- Privacy by Design, a one pager PDF, feel free to use this week’s materials internally at your company (with PLG attribution) for your own Privacy Week messaging!
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Employee Data Privacy by Design: HR & Legal Quick Guidance Sheet, here.
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Why Data Privacy Impact Assessments Must Be a Backbone of any Effective Privacy Program, here.
- Data Minimization - An Overview for Business: Data minimization is the privacy principle to collect, use, access, or disclose the minimum necessary personal information to accomplish one’s purpose. Download the PDF here.
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Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA): What Business Owners Need to Know, here.
- The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), which will be enforced starting April 1, 2026, is Maryland’s comprehensive consumer‑privacy law for businesses that collect or process personal data of Maryland residents. It closely resembles other state‑level privacy statutes but adds several stricter rules around sensitive data, consent, and automated decision‑making that business owners should understand.
- What is International Data Privacy Day?
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International Data Privacy Day (January 28) commemorates the signing of one of the first international agreements to recognize and establish guidelines for processing personal information. International Data Privacy Week is a global initiative observed each year on the week of January 28 to recognize the importance of protecting personal information and building trust in our digital world. This year’s theme, Taking Control of Your Privacy, reminds individuals and organizations to respect privacy, safeguard data, and make informed decisions about how personal information is collected, used, and shared.
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- PLG celebrates with companies around the world by recognizing our obligations to keep personal data safe. This is a great opportunity for all of us to become a Privacy Champion. How? Let’s start with a quiz! Or you can check it out on LinkedIn here.
