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Data Privacy Day: Seattle Posts Series of Blogs with Privacy Tips for Citizens

Government Technology: In honor of Data Privacy Day this month, Seattle Chief Privacy Officer Ginger Armbruster has written a series of blogs with tips aimed at helping citizens to stay safe online.

Data Privacy Day was Sunday, Jan. 28, and for the occasion Armbruster wrote an introduction to the concept of Data Privacy Day , as well as a pair of blogs with specific advice for citizens — one with tips regarding their personal privacy and another with tips on how they can help be safe in the online space overall. In discussing the day as well as her blogs, Armbruster told Government Technology that evolving threats have made this topic more relevant than ever.

“Things like phishing attacks have gotten super, super sophisticated,” she said. “They usually make it compelling that if you don’t click this link and do what they say, then your world is going to come crashing down.”

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