Data Privacy (Prelims) Flashcards
Refers to any information, whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be directly ascertained by the entity holding the information.
Personal Data
Concerns the collection and use of data about individuals.
Privacy
What are the three (3) primary privacy issues?
Accuracy, Property, Access
Relates to the responsibility of those who collect data to ensure that the data is correct.
Accuracy
Relates who owns the data
Property
Relates to the responsibility of those who have data to control who can use that data.
Access
Is a part of the data protection area that deals with the proper handling of data, with the focus on compliance with data protection regulations.
Data Privacy
Focuses on the rights of the individuals, the purpose of data collection and processing, privacy preferences, and the way organizations govern the personal data of data subjects.
Data Privacy
Includes a set of standards and different safeguards and measures that an organization is taking to prevent any third party from unauthorized access to digital data or any intentional or unintentional alteration, deletion, or data disclosure.
Data Security
An unauthorized or unintentional disclosure of confidential information.
Data breach
The stealing of data or confidential information by electronic means, including ransomware, and hacking.
Cyberattack
Is a model designed to guide an organization’s policies on information security.
CIA Triad
Ensures that the data is accessed only by authorized individuals.
Confidentiality
Ensures that information is reliable as well as accurate
Integrity
Three (3) Key Elements of Data Privacy
-Right of an individual to be left alone and have control over their data.
-Procedures of proper handling, processing, collecting, and sharing of personal data.
-Compliance with data protection laws.