LAUREL, Md.–Tower Credit Union was among the organizations that participated in Data Privacy Day this week, an effort aimed at collaborating to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust.
In Tower FCU’s case, it signed up as a Data Privacy Day 2020 Champion.
“As a Champion, Tower recognizes and supports the principle that all organizations share the responsibility of being conscientious stewards of personal information,” the credit union said. “Data Privacy Day is part of a greater campaign that promotes awareness of the importance of privacy, highlights easy ways to protect personal information and reminds organizations that privacy is good for business. This year, we are encouraging everyone to ‘Own Your Privacy’ by learning more about how to help protect the valuable data that is online. One simple thing you can do is to update your privacy settings by using a helpful tool created by the National Cyber Security Alliance.”
Through collaboration and unified, consistent messaging about privacy and protecting personal information, all Data Privacy Day Champions are working toward the common goal of improving individual and business consciousness toward respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust, the credit union added.
A ‘Top Priority’
“Tower is proud to support the Data Privacy Day global initiative as a 2020 Data Privacy Day Champion,” says Rick Stafford, Tower’s president and CEO. “Protecting the privacy of our members’ personal and financial information is a top priority for Tower, and we know how important safeguarding private data is in the fight against identity theft and fraud. We continually seek to educate our members and the community, and to help raise awareness about what they as consumers can do to help shield and protect their sensitive information online.”
In North America, the Data Privacy Day initiative is officially led by the NCSA, a nonprofit, public-private partnership.