Stay Safe This Holiday Season
Preserving your data and privacy during the holidays is more important than ever. Follow these tips from Safe Computing to get started.
Tag Archives: privacy
Secure Shopping Holiday Checklist
Learn how to protect yourself while online shopping this holiday season.
Protect Sensitive Data as AI Features Proliferate across Tech Industry
New capabilities and features utilizing AI are increasingly included in updates to apps and operating systems. Here are some tips to remember when using AI with sensitive data.
SUMIT Events Wrap-Up and Presentation Slides
SUMIT events celebrated and promoted IT security at U-M – slide presentations are available.
Sleep Better with Safe Computing
The Safe Computing website is your reliable security and privacy guidance and information source at U-M, maintained by ITS Information Assurance.
Security Tips for Using Public WiFi
Need an internet connection, but only public WiFi is available? Follow these tips to protect U-M and personal information.
History of Surveillance Timeline on Safe Computing
The ITS Information Assurance team has published the History of Surveillance Timeline, a unique resource on Safe Computing for those who like to learn from history.
Privacy@Michigan takes over Michigan Theater with 1984 screening and faculty panel
Privacy@Michigan hosted a 40th-anniversary screening of the film adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 and a U-M faculty panel discussion at the Michigan Theater on March 6, 2024.
Privacy@Michigan speakers discuss the economics of privacy
The annual celebration of Data Privacy Day at the University of Michigan kicked off with a Privacy@Michigan keynote event featuring Prof. Alessandro Acquisti, Trustees Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, and the co-director of the CMU Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR).
Black History Month 2024: An artist and writer examine surveillance
Black History Month pays “tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.” The Black History Month 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of “visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and… Read More »
Ways to Step Up Security
IT security and privacy is a shared responsibility. Learn key ways you can step up IT security and privacy.
Social media scams: Fake friends
“I’ve been hacked! Don’t accept friend requests from me!” Most of us on social media see that warning periodically, and while not entirely accurate, it’s a sign of how prevalent fake friend requests are. These scams are rarely a sign of actual “hacking” – gaining unauthorized access to the account itself – but they do involve a little… Read More »
Security tips for using public WiFi
Need an internet connection, but only public WiFi is available? Follow these tips to protect U-M and personal information.
Five years with the GDPR
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. In five years, it has affected changes to business processes and technology around the world and has paved the way for the adoption of privacy legislation in many countries and a number of U.S. states.
How to protect your identity information
The annual Identity Management Day was held on April 11 to celebrate the importance of identity management. Identity information is incredibly valuable to cybercriminals and, when stolen, can allow unauthorized access to university systems and data. According to the 2022 Ponemon Institute State of Cybersecurity Report, 54% of security incidents are caused by credential theft. ITS Information Assurance… Read More »
Child Safety in the Smart Home: A Privacy@Michigan Event
UMSI Ph.D. candidate Kaiwen Sun showcased her most recent work, focused on the intersection of children’s privacy and safety, smart home technologies, and human-computer interaction, in a thought-provoking presentation as part of the 2023 Privacy@Michigan event series.
Privacy events focus on child safety in a smart home and ethics in tech
Data Privacy Day (Data Protection Day in the EU) is on January 28! To celebrate at U-M, ITS Information Assurance (IA) is hosting privacy events throughout February. These sessions are 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. Refer to the… Read More »
Privacy Day keynote — Beyond privacy with Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna
U-M celebrated Privacy Day for the fifth year through a month’s worth of programming co-convened by ITS Information Assurance and the School of Information. At U-M’s 2022 Privacy Day keynote presentation, Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, vice President for Global Privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum, walked her audience through the key concepts of privacy and data protection and… Read More »
Three Student Privacy Conversation Starters: ITS staff present at ASU Digital Trust Summit
At the June 2021 Arizona State University (ASU) Digital Trust Summit, Svetla Sytch, ITS assistant director of privacy and IT policy, and Julia Silverman, an ITS intern fellow, shared the efforts U-M has taken to engage with the U-M community, and students in particular, in conversations about privacy. They outlined three initiatives that highlight the values of being open and honest, creating simple visual and multimedia materials, and working with students.
Hang up on phone scams
Recognize phone scams and hang up on fraud!