Online Privacy

Running head: ONLINE PRIVACY
Online Privacy
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1ONLINE PRIVACY
Privacy may be defined as the capability of individuals that secludes himself or
herself or information regarding them following a selective methodology. The content of the
information that are private may differ between various cultures as well as individuals but
they share the themes that are common (Nissenbaum, 2018). Digital privacy may be stated as
the overall collective definition of the three categories that are mainly incorporated which are
likely to be privacy of information, privacy of communication as well as privacy of an
individual. Digital privacy in Australia may be stated as the fact that the information
regarding the individuals in Australia is quite exposed that may lead to bigger issues in the
country regarding data theft as well as hacking of the bank details to generate unknown
transactions (Mann, 2018). In this context, the Australian Government has come with specific
digital privacy laws that will be implemented in the country by 2020. This Privacy Act tends
to introduce innovated as well as effective set of principles related to privacy. This Act also
promises that the digital privacy will restrict approximately 86% of the privacy issues
pertaining in the country.
The issues that are being considered in the field of digital measures may be primarily
identified as the storage of the data or information of the individuals present within the digital
system (Sullivan et al., 2018). This preservation of data is very necessary as with the help of
this information a person can be identified as well as the person can also use the data from
anywhere for future purposes. These data can be used by the social media as a platform for
the storage of data. This effective storage of data can help in maintaining them as well as
accessing them for future (Esayas & Svantesson, 2018). The preservation of data maintaining
security and structure may be depicted as the important features in the concern of digital
measure.
The options that might be depicted as the useful do’s for protecting the data in the
digital fields are as follows:

2ONLINE PRIVACY
 The basics that is usage of strong password, not visiting untrusted websites and
always keeping the software updated.
 The privacy settings of the data are to be turned ON every time so that the tampering
of data can be prevented from untrusted sources.
 The cookies present in the visited websites is to be blocked.
 The unnecessary linking of accounts to every website is to be prevented.
 Firewalls and antivirus are to be maintained at every device where data is being
shared.
 Stronger passwords should be used in every website where personal data is
associated.
 Better browsing methodologies must be adhered for maintaining digital privacy.
Moreover, the users that visit the platform like Facebook, Google or iCloud, where a huge
amount of data is associated safe browsing methodologies are to be adapted, These
methodologies for the above stated websites may be identified separately. Thus for Facebook
the points of digital security are
 Accessing of the Facebook privacy settings is needed and choosing the option of
sharing data with only the known person can restrict the visibility of the data thus
decreases the chances of the data being hampered and accessed by unknown
people (Arora & Scheiber, 2017).
 The privacy check-up of the present user’s profile must be done regularly.
 Facebook possesses a short but effective privacy primer.
 The user must learn from the Facebook’s stated privacy settings.
 The security settings provided by Facebook has a two-step verification procedure
which must be availed by any user maintaining a profile with this social media