Digital Privacy and Security

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Digital privacy and security issues:
The concept of privacy is not a new theme even before technology and the digital revolution
became and significant part of social life and daily activities. Privacy has always been an
important concern for people. Privacy mean not to share information with anyone that is
confidential and should not allow other to access that information. Now in digital space price
if she has become important issue not just because it is something that people want but it has
become easier to access other personal information with sophisticated tools and techniques
(Kokolakis, 2017). This require detailed analysis of privacy issues and recommend tools and
techniques for enhancing digital privacy.
Digital document has become highly popular as it is easy to create and convenient in sharing
and it is possible to access these documents online (Anastasopoulou, Kokolakis & Andriotis,
2017). However, ease of access to these documents also provides context for various crimes
that are not ethically justified. Activities such as distributing materials without authority and
permission of the original owner of the material and thus violating copyright law and
according to this law violation of copyright is a serious legal offense (Boerman, Kruikemeier
& Zuiderveen Borgesius, 2017). Even after such laws warning against these crimes, digital
piracy is not reduced. These issues are important to analyse while considering advantages of
digital documents.
When digital privacy is concerned, it is important to recognize that most of the digital
services involves data, the type of data associated with those services might be different.
Hence, in order to protect digital privacy it is important to protect those data (Marriott,
Williams & Dwivedi, 2017). Therefore, it is important to have proper strategies to protect
that information. First, it is important to secure password associated with different accounts
created for different digital platforms. For example, while accessing online banking it is

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required to create a strong password for online bank account so that important details like
financial transaction, credit and debit card information is not stolen. It is also recommended
to keep personal phone number and email address private as these two information is vital for
digital privacy (Martínez-Pérez et al., 2015). Whenever considering messaging apps for
communication, it is suggested to consider only those application that provides end to end
encryption as this increase data security and makes it difficult to access those information
without authorizations. Although these are some basic steps, in increases data security
significantly.
Google is a popular search engine and it has somehow become synonymous with the internet.
However, while searching for information on google some steps are suggested to ensure that
privacy is maintained (Alashoor, Aryal & Kenny, 2016). First, of while hike visiting a
website on Google, it is recommended to look for security information of that site and this
information is available from the URL of the website where information like certificate of
that particular website, whether the website is secured or not is available. This information is
necessary to identify to ensure that the website is authentic and does not contain malware,
which might steal privacy information from the device through which the website is being
accessed.
It is also recommended not to accept cookies which website displays while entered into that
website as it might take personal information a well, which is not often properly explained.
Hence, it is recommended not to accept cookies from any website especially if it is not
secured which is identified through steps described in this context.
While one use social media, it is recommended not to share personal information with others
through these social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and other popular social media
platforms, which have become an integrated part of the modern society (Bartsch & Dienlin,