An online seminar (webinar) was organised on 16 July, 2022 by National Service Scheme (NSS), Regional Unit, Guwahati. The theme of the seminar was, ‘Data Privacy and Social Media Safety’. The expert and resource person was Ms. Bhawna Goswami. As shown by the theme it is a valid and important topic in today’s world. Every words of the resource person were very insightful.

The online presentation was attended by Dipak Kumar, NSS, Guwahati; Pankaj Kumar Singh, Director, Youth Affairs & Sports, among others. Social media platform like facebook, twitter, instagram, whatsapp, etc. rather seems indispensable. As delivered by the expert one’s photos, status, etc. when and if updated must be visible to one’s contact only. These social media platform must be regularly checked if they are active anywhere. Privacy should be set at the highest and two steps verification must be activated. All accounts must use different and meaningless passwords for all accounts. One must track one’s login activity and keep track if someone else access one’s account. One must also keep guard while using personal account to login on third party websites.

Among the attendee were also two POs from Govt. T. Romana College (GTRC) Unit and 30 volunteers. The two POs were namely, Dr. Thanghmingliana and Mr. Lalthansanga. As data and personal privacy is an utmost necessity in the virtual society, the volunteers of GTRC benefitted a lot from the deliverance of the expert. And, it was all the more important
as it was all applicable in our day to day life.