Data Privacy Day: "The Great Hack" Panel Discussion, Cybersecurity Escape Room

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 5:30pm

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 5:30pm

Krannert Auditorium

This year, ITaP is excited to celebrate Data Privacy Day with a screening of “The Great Hack” followed by a discussion on data privacy and ethics. This event will be hosted on Tuesday, January 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Krannert Auditorium. Panelists include Purdue Polytechnic’s own Ida Ngambeki, assistant professor of computer and information technology, and Lindsay Weinberg, postdoctoral fellow in innovative studies for the Honors College and the Polytechnic. The other panelists will be Diana Zulli, assistant professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication, and Faithe Day, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation for African American Studies. Madi Whitman, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, will serve as the evening’s moderator.

With combined expertise in data ethics, data privacy, and political communication, our panelists will discuss selected scenes from the film “The Great Hack,” the definition of privacy, the implications of collecting data, and their advice for students and young professionals. This event is open to all students, staff, faculty and community members. Regardless of your specialized area of interest, privacy impacts all of us, and we believe this discussion will shed light on what it means to value privacy in our personal and professional lives.

We are also bringing back our popular cybersecurity escape room, "I've Been Hacked." This opportunity, also hosted on January 28, allows students, staff, and faculty to build teamwork skills while learning better cybersecurity practices. You can register for that event at http://bit.ly/2vencE4. 

For more information about this event, please email Kirsten Gibson.