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This week was a hot one for privacy news as Monday was Data Privacy Day. Here are a few of our favorite privacy stories. 

Happy Data Privacy Day
Larry Keating of No Panic Computing discusses the importance of Data Privacy Day as a reminder to raise awareness for data privacy. What security policies do you think businesses should establish to protect employees and customers?

Internet, social media least trusted industries for privacy
CNET’s Lance Whitney covered the release of the Ponemon Institute’s recent survey, “2012 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy.” Turns out that the Internet and social media ranked at the bottom of the list. Do you agree with these rankings? Where would you rank social media?

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