Week 4 Discussion - GDPR, Social Media, and Data Privacy Regulations

This discussion post addresses the critical role of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in safeguarding data within organizations, highlighting the challenges many face in its implementation. The post emphasizes cybersecurity concerns, specifically data tampering and unauthorized access, particularly within social media platforms. It argues for the strict adherence to GDPR by social media companies to protect user data privacy, given the tracking of customer behavior by businesses. The use of ad blockers is suggested as a measure to enhance user data security. The discussion includes two responses that agree with the initial post's viewpoints on ad blockers and data security, emphasizing the discomfort of being tracked and the need for proactive data security measures, including data analytics, while maintaining user privacy.

Week 4 Discussion
The usage of the GDPR or general Data Protection Regulation is depicted as the most
significant factor that is necessary for an organization to keep their data safe. But it is
depicted that most of the organization are not ready for this kind of implementation.
Moreover, the issue of the cyber security that lies in the fact of this kind of situation is stated
to be a data tampering or unauthorized access of data by the different platforms. This further
leads to the fact that the social media platforms should adhere the regulations as stated by the
GDPR to maintain the data privacy of the individuals that are searching any products or
looking for any specified item all over the internet. This tactics used by the businesses for
tracking down customer behavior is an impeccable move by the organizations that needs to
be reduced for the enhanced security of the customer data. The usage of the ad-blockers must
be critically adhered by the users in order to keep their presence on Internet to be secure.
Response 1: Ronnie Robbins
The prime aspect highlighted by you is stated to be a significant approach in regards to the
usage of the ad-blockers. The concept of the advertisements that are used by the social media
to show the products previously searched by the customers. This is not significantly known
by the customer that is searching the products over the internet. Moreover the customers
when move to social media the advertisements are said to be filled up with the products that
are being searched. The usage of the ad-blocker as suggested by you is said to be an enhanced
step in regards to the safe storage of the data.
Response 2: Takari Nelson
I truly feel the same as you feel. The notion that you said of being watched is a serious bad
feeling for any customer. The uses of the highlighted part that is data analytics is also
necessary. But not in the cost of the data security as well as tamper of the data. The
constraints as suggested by you are seriously not up to the mark to restrict a hacker to
intervene to other’s data. Hence the proactive approach for focusing on the data security as
well as privacy will be a strong approach as being the CIO of an organization, similarly using
the data analytics techniques for the enhancement of the customer approaches towards the
different products present all over the internet.