On the heels of Data Privacy Day, which is centered around spreading awareness on the importance of safeguarding data, we thought a friendly reminder and fresh coffee would be the perfect way to promote this important cause.
First thing Monday morning, we popped-up at Ponce with complimentary beverages and pastries to greet our tenants and ask them how they protect their privacy online. While some sipped fresh-squeezed orange juice and others got a caffeine kick from Dancing Goats, a local coffee shop favorite, community members from different companies came together to discuss their digital details.
We uncovered that many companies use a virtual private network (VPN) to protect both their in-office and remote data. One company in particular, Utility, who creates groundbreaking digital systems for frontline professions, offers courses and training videos in data privacy and online safety to their employees. Below were all of the responses captured:
Interestingly enough, several community members shared they didn’t focus much on this topic outside of the office. However, after conversing with others, several mentioned they wanted to take data safety more seriously and start implementing it into their personal online lives. An easy way to start? Backing up your data to a secured hard drive is a great way to protect data and to prevent losing it to a software malfunction.