What happens with your Data ?
What is Data ?
If you google the term “Data” the results appears as -
Data are facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
The meme with any hashtags you share , information you fill in a google form, Login credentials, your google search history etc are also considers your data.
Every time you share a hilarious meme with a friend on social media or ask a search engine a question, the information you share is being saved, aggregated, and circulated. You probably don’t give it much thought, but your data can end up in a lot of unexpected places.
How your Data is being used ?
- IT’S USED FOR TARGETED ADS.
- COMPANIES SELL YOUR DATA.
- ADVERTISERS USE IT TO CREATE ‘CONSUMER CATEGORIES’.
- THIEVES USE IT TO STEAL YOUR IDENTITY
- SOCIAL MEDIA SITES USE IT TO HELP YOU FIND FRIENDS.
- WEBSITES USE IT FOR INTERNAL RESEARCH.
- SCIENTISTS STUDY IT
Think your personal info is safe online? Think again.
There are enumerable ways how your data is being for benefits of other.
Also once your Data is collected, it is stored forever.
Although new credentials storing standards that uses hashing techniques can be considered safer than storing password as text standards.
Now, there are many online article that can help you to minimize the risk.
- 101 Data Protection Tips by Digital Guardian
- 6 EASY STEPS by Forbes
There is an amazing website out there that can help you to check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach.
- Have I Been Pwned
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