information privacy
Personal data control
Information privacy is the right to control how one's personal data is collected, stored, and shared.
The term covers both legal frameworks protecting sensitive information and practical measures individuals take to guard their digital footprint: The app's information privacy settings let you limit data sharing.
Concerns have intensified as companies harvest user data for targeted advertising and governments expand surveillance capabilities.
- GDPREU data protection law
- right to be forgottenLegal power to delete records
- identity theftStealing personal data criminally
- terms of serviceBinding usage conditions
- fine printMiniature contractual text
HIPAA · encryption · autonomy · anonymization · accountability · tokenization · digital footprint · non-maleficence · need to know · CCPA · trustworthiness · COPPA · data breaches · FERPA · firewalls · fairness · VPNs · ransomware
- data privacyGDPR, personal data, data protection, de-identification, consent
information privacypublic disclosure
Revealing information openly
data breach · doxxing · transparency · full disclosure · doxing
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Widespread population observation programs
government surveillance · surveillance · Big Brother · unauthorized access · surveillance capitalism
information privacytransparency
State of being see-through
open government · freedom of information · public accountability · full disclosure · data transparency
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