Data Privacy Day: Guaranteeing Online Confidentiality!

Personal data are being processed every second: at work, in relations with public authorities, in the health field, when buying goods or services, travel or surf the internet anywhere. Many individuals say they are generally unfamiliar with the risks related to the protection of personal data and related rights. Many are seldom aware of what they can do if their rights have been breached, or of their role in protecting themselves online. As countries commemorate Data Protection Day today, ICT experts are using the occasion to urge users to better protect their private information while on the web.
According to a Cyber Security Expert, Derek Tata, data privacy generally means the ability of a person to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent personal information about them is shared with or communicated to others. The personal information can be one's name, location, contact information, etc. Just as someone may wish to exclude people from a private conversation, many online users want to control or prevent certain types of personal data collection.

Derek Tata says no matter the amount of time an individual is spending online, it will make sense to be smart about how and what you are doing there. Helping in protecting your personal information from those who will like nothing better than to steal your identity and cause you harm is what people should have in mind. The cyber security expert says the good news is that people can continue using their devices, but in a safer manner.
Individuals are urged to encrypt their data. Derek Tata says data encryption means translating data into another form, or code, so that only people with access to a secret key (formally called a decryption key) or password can read it.

The expert further reveals that it is important for people to backup their data. This accordin...