Your Information Should Be Sacred

Everything you interact with on the internet contains personal information about you. In that sense, your information should be sacred. However, there are some cases where people cannot enter into contractual relationships with companies because it would expose their personal data. One of these cases is when a company would use your personal information to market its product. This means if you were to sign up for an email service and then get an unsolicited email from the company, they'd be violating your privacy right as well as the agreement they made with you in signing up for their service. As a result of this violation, there is no recourse available to you and it’s your duty to protect yourself from such practices.

However, protecting yourself cannot be done by staying disconnected. You should always look for a service provider that will provide you with all the security and safeguards required to keep your information protected. Moreover, you must never share your personal information with third parties without a proper permission.

Common websites that require such information include accounts on email services, social media platforms, and news sites. You can find out if a web site requires personal information by checking the Privacy Policy page of the site. Furthermore, you should always check terms of service before providing your information since some sites put restrictions on how long it'll be kept and why it's being requested in the first place.

Finally, you should be mindful of what data you're willing to give away. As much as possible, it should go without saying that it's never a good idea to give your credit card information online. Likewise, if a site asks for something that seems too personal such as your address or date of birth, you should know that it's better not to provide such information than to risk bad health consequences.

It is up to us as users of the internet to protect ourselves and exercise our right on privacy rights. We have the right to say no in order that the companies are not allowed access our personal data for any reason other than we choose. The decision to make a single click or to enter into a contract are yours and not anyone else's. It is then important that you know what you're entitled to and what you should expect from any service provider.

Aby zobaczyć całą notatkę był poprawnie wybrany dzień: 2018-06-14

Other Resources:

https://www.privacyinternational.org/news/the-importance-of-privacy-rights https://www.eff.org/files/filenet/privacy/privacy_intro.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_(law) https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/privacy https://www.privacyinternational.org/news/privacy-data-portability https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/10/24/2016-24981/information-securitybreach-notification http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2880346 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_protection_laws_by_jurisdiction https://www4.

Conclusion

Personal information is important even when it is sent over the internet, otherwise we wouldn't have people trying to steal it right? This problem and others like it can be solved or better yet prevented in the first place by taking a few simple precautions. Never share your information with anyone unless you know them very well, always look for services that have a privacy policy posted on their website, and make sure that you understand what your data will be used for and how long they'll keep it. Finally, never give out any of your personal information online such as credit card info or social security number.

Thanks for reading this article; I hope you learned more about the importance of protecting private information online.