Data Protection

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Also known as data privacy and information privacy, the process of safeguarding information so it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Data Protection (Wikipedia)

Information privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, contextual information norms, and the legal and political issues surrounding them. It is also known as data privacy or data protection.

Data privacy is challenging since it[clarify] attempts to use[weasel words] data while protecting an individual's privacy preferences and personally identifiable information. The fields of computer security, data security, and information security all design and use software, hardware, and human resources to address this issue.

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