In the recent days that our data privacy is violated every minute it is important to have such a day.
But the biggest reason would be to have laws that protect our private date, not only some events for nothing.
I think that the events that take place right now are for nothing.
Exactly, we need less of publicity and more of laws and equivalent punishments for offenders, data and privacy compromise is a global issue which is not being taken seriously presently, hence rather than creating awareness, lets have the government impose some laws, this i am sure will help a great deal.