There’s every reason to be concerned about digital privacy in this day and age. Is your company about to take a turn on its privacy policy? Are you worried about your personal information getting out there because of a data breach? Do you not trust so much the respect your government has for individual rights, especially in the digital arena? All those things and more are excellent reasons to educate yourself and become a privacy-savvy user. And the first step in that journey is learning about some vital privacy statistics you should have in mind for the rest of the newly started year (and life).
If you still haven’t learned about the relevance of protecting your data privacy online, we’d like to know where you’ve been! We would love to have a holiday in a spot that provides such a perfect degree of isolation!
But even if you already know that privacy matters, it’s still difficult to assess how far data collection can go and how much of your data needs protection. We hope to shed light on this regard by showing you many useful data privacy statistics and data and how their implications can reach you.
Fundamental concepts about privacy and data collection
- Corporations and governments share very few values and interests. One of them is data collection. For companies, knowing more about potential customers increases their income. Governments can do a more effective job in the same way.
- Social media is the internet’s data collection gold mine.
- Data protection laws, as they are, are tepid attempts to cover the sun by using your finger. While they’re better than having nothing at all, they won’t protect you in any meaningful way — in other words: it’s your responsibility.
- Theft of information is the bane of the age. Anyone can experience it.