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Data Privacy - Know It

Data privacy, also called information privacy, addresses the proper handling of sensitive data such as personal information, financial records, and intellectual property. It involves establishing legal frameworks, policies, and best practices for storing, securing, retaining, and accessing data while maintaining compliance with regulations. The goal of data privacy is to protect sensitive business data and ensure its continued availability, consistency, and security.

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Data Privacy - Know It

Data privacy, also called information privacy, addresses the proper handling of sensitive data such as personal information, financial records, and intellectual property. It involves establishing legal frameworks, policies, and best practices for storing, securing, retaining, and accessing data while maintaining compliance with regulations. The goal of data privacy is to protect sensitive business data and ensure its continued availability, consistency, and security.

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data privacy (information

privacy)




By

 Stephen J. Bigelow, Senior Technology Editor

What is data privacy?


Data privacy, also called information privacy, is an aspect of data
protection that addresses the proper storage, access, retention, immutability
and security of sensitive data.

Data privacy is typically associated with the proper handling of personal data
or personally identifiable information (PII), such as names, addresses, Social
Security numbers and credit card numbers. However, the idea also extends to
other valuable or confidential data, including financial data, intellectual
property and personal health information. Vertical industry guidelines often
govern data privacy and data protection initiatives, as well as regulatory
requirements of various governing bodies and jurisdictions.

Data privacy is not a single concept or approach. Instead, it's a discipline


involving rules, practices, guidelines and tools to help organizations establish
and maintain required levels of privacy compliance. Data privacy is generally
composed of the following six elements:

1. Legal framework. Prevailing legislation enacted and applied to data


issues, such as data privacy laws.

2. Policies. Established business rules and policies to protect


employees and user data privacy.

3. Practices. Best-practices put in place to guide IT infrastructure, data


privacy and protection.

4. Third-party associations. Any third-party organizations, such as


cloud service providers, that interact with data.

5. Data governance. Standards and practices used to store, secure,


retain and access data.

6. Global requirements. Any differences or variations of data privacy


and compliance requirements among legal jurisdictions around the
world such as the U.S. and European Union (EU).

Data privacy is a subset of the broader data protection concept. It includes


traditional data protection -- such as data backups and disaster recovery
considerations -- and data security. The goal of data protection is to ensure
the continued privacy and security of sensitive business data, while
maintaining the availability, consistency and immutability of that data.

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