Latest Data Privacy Articles
Protect Your Personal Information: Ensuring Privacy and Security
Data is everywhere in the digital realm, on cell phones, tablets, PCs, and Macs. Even smart TVs, game controllers, and home appliances have data now.
PIA or DPIA: What Are They and What’s the Difference?
Today, personal data protection is very important as the amount of information shared by internet users keeps increasing daily; there is also a dire need to secure users' privacy.
The CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
The confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) triad is a critical concept in cybersecurity, including three fundamental principles that help protect information.
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)? And why is it important?
Safeguarding Personal Health Information (PHI) "Safeguarding personal health information (PHI) is governed under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)."
What is Digital Identity Verification, and When is it Needed?
When consumers get online, they enter a vast environment of potential threats. These threats may be after money, information, or network access, and cybersecurity defenses work to prevent these valuables from falling into criminals' hands.
What is IT Security Audit: Its Importance, Types, and Examples
More organizations than ever are moving to online processes, offering convenience and efficiency to their consumers and clients.
What is Digital Citizenship? Etiquette & Examples
When someone is born on US soil, they are a national citizen; with this distinction, they obtain a list of entitlements and benefits, as well as societal obligations and predetermined consequences for bad behavior.
What Does Incognito Mean, How Does It Work, and Is It Really Safe?
How do you browse the Internet? Using a primary browser, you can turn on "incognito mode," which increases your privacy on singular devices but is also less concealing than other privacy tools like virtual private networks (VPNs).
Data Privacy: Definition and Legislations
Data is among the most valuable information we have. It includes everything about us, our families, friends, and organizations; broadly, "data" encompasses all aspects of information; it can relate to public records, sensitive data, confidential, financial, medical, or any other aspect associated with an individual or company.
How to Recognize and Avoid Publishers Clearing House Scams
The Publishers Clearing House (PCH) appeared in 1967, promoting magazine subscriptions, merchandise, time-share vacations, and their famous cash prize sweepstakes.
What is MLM? What are the red flags of MLM scams?
MLM (multi-level marketing) business models are believed to have existed since the 1920s - it is estimated that approximately over 1,000 companies in the US currently use this model.
Top 6 Secure Payment Methods
With cyber threats on online payment methods becoming more common in today's digital age, ensuring that payment systems are secure and sensitive information is not hijacked when making payments has become ever more critical.