Not only should InformationTechnology (IT) Educators be knowledgeable regarding data privacy legislation but they should be teaching correct system and database design principles to IT students in order to ensure future application design compliance with international legislative trends. Perhaps the most contentious and serious issue facing IT practitioners in the world today is data privacy. Data Privacy impacts every aspect of IT from database and application design to privacy and use policies, and system security and information assurance. The European Union Directive legislation has aggressively set the pattern of excellence in preserving individual data privacy worldwide, and Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act exerts an influence on U.S. commerce Within the U.S. laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act seek to protect information privacy in specific industries.