Week 7: Data Privacy
What Is Data Privacy? 1. Defining Privacy & Data Privacy Privacy is the fundamental right to keep your personal life and information to yourself. Data privacy specifically focuses on protecting your digital personal data—like your name, birthdate, online activity, medical info, and financial details—from unwanted access or sharing 2. Why It Matters in the Digital Age Vast volumes of data are generated whenever you go online—your web behavior, purchases, and even the time spent on a page. Companies analyze this data to personalize ads, predict behavior, and make decisions—but it also means your every action becomes part of a digital footprint 3. Data Privacy vs. Cybersecurity Cybersecurity is about protecting data from unauthorized intrusions, like hacks or malware. Data privacy is about your rights and choices—deciding who gets access to your information and what they can do with it . Data privacy is all about making informed choices and ...