Today, Safer Internet Day, represents a good opportunity to remind organizations of the importance of embedding data protection and security into the design of processes, products and services. This consideration is, in fact, embodied in the first principle of five which I have identified as the foundation of Socially Responsible Data Protection and which are currently being transformed into concrete and implementable rules to be followed by companies looking to approach Data Protection as a Corporate Social Responsibility.

In this sense, companies in our digitalized society are invited to take responsibility towards citizens/users in order to also make their offerings both secure (data security by design) and lawful (data protection by design/default). 

If you are interested in participating in or knowing more about this research project, please don’t hesitate to contact me at paolo.balboni[at]maastrichtuniversity.nl