Opinions around data privacy have hardened considerably in the last 12 months on both sides of the Atlantic, as the topic continues to take greater and greater prevalence in political and national discussions.
At SXSW next week we’ll be unveiling the full findings of the 2016 Consumer Openness Index, the second in an annual survey examining the key issues at the heart of the privacy debate today.
The Internet-savvy public are more likely than ever to stop using websites and services if news of a privacy scandal emerges and the number of people who believe that technology companies never have the right to share their personal data is on the rise.
Yet troublingly, in 2016, only one in five Internet users across the U.S., UK, and Germany uses email encryption. Their reason being they feel there’s no easy way to use it.
However, this is a year when true leadership in the data privacy debate has the potential to emerge. It is our joint responsibility to pay attention, voice our opinions and choose the kind of future we want to live in.
Join us on March 14th at 3pm CT at the Passcode booth (Exhibit Hall 4, booth number 509) in the Austin Convention for the “Free the Internet” forum. We’ll be joined by CSM Cybersecurity editor Mike Farrell, Emma Llanso, Director of CDT’s Free Expression Project, and Mike McCamon, President SpiderOak, to debate exactly how we can take back our online freedoms. Please RSVP at https://nvite.com/COI2016/e0ce.