Information and Technology Services (ITS), in partnership with the School of Information, invites you to a series of Privacy@Michigan events through March that raise awareness and spark thought-provoking conversation on pressing privacy-related issues and topics.
Upcoming Events
Please join us for these free, open to the public events:
- Feb. 24, 1:30 p.m. – “Interrogating the Quiet Escalation of Tech Billionaire Influence on Detroit’s Future”
Chris Gilliard, privacy researcher, and Tawana Petty, artist and organizer
(Michigan League, Koessler Room, 3rd floor) - Mar. 17, 4 p.m. – Albert Fox Cahn, Founder and Executive Director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.)
(Michigan League, Vandenberg Room, 2nd floor) - Mar. 26, 5:30 p.m. – Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
(Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room, 1st floor)
Past Events
If you missed earlier events, you can watch the recordings on the Safe Computing website:
“Privacy for Populations at Risk: Supporting Journalists Facing Attacks in the Digital Age”
Elodie Vialle, journalist and human rights activist
“Exploring Digital Privacy from a Child’s Perspective”
Lauren Girouard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University & the University of Michigan
Unveil: Privacy@Michigan Student Art Contest
Please mark your calendar to join us Mar. 27 for the Unveil art exhibit, awards ceremony, and reception to honor the award recipients and celebrate the intersection of privacy and visual and literary art.
More Privacy on Safe Computing
- Take a stroll through these curated timelines: History of Privacy and the History of Surveillance.
- Are you a privacy Guardian, Free Spirit, Skeptic, Pragmatist, or Wildcard? The U-M Privacy Portrait Assessment gives you a set of questions to answer and, based on your score, reveals your privacy portrait and personalized privacy advice. Your results are private, of course!
- Submit your Six Words About Privacy and see what others are saying.
- Visit ViziBLUE to learn what personal information the university collects and how that information is being used.
- Check out the privacy protection resources on the Safe Computing website, share them broadly, and become a privacy champion in 2026.
Privacy@Michigan, co-sponsored by Information and Technology Services (ITS) and the School of Information, hosts events and activities intended to raise awareness, promote best practices, and provoke thought and conversation on privacy topics broadly relevant to our community members and society at large. Browse past Privacy@Michigan Events for recordings and information on speakers and topics over the years.
