Have you ever wondered how is your data protected? It appears as not a piece of common knowledge, and the distinction between the types of security measures isn’t understood as widely, as maybe it should be.
Encryption is the most well-known, but the tool itself isn’t fully capable of providing everything. It simply has its limitations. When making sure our data is fully private, try pseudonymization - it allows you to anonymize on demand.
Privacy of the data refers to the collection and distribution, as much as to the technology, and the public demands. The biggest challenge when it comes to the privacy of data is finding a proper way of processing the information while protecting it.
The sensitive data and anonymization
There is, of course, a set of information that could help identify a specific person, and this data, called the sensitive ones, is the one that should be protected the most. It contains:
- criminal and health records;
- financial transactions;
- genetic material and biological traits;
- residence;
- geolocation, geographic records;
- internet behaviors, web preferences.
But in order to reach the privacy of your data, you’ll need anonymization. It makes sure, that nobody could access your data in any way, that would lead to your identity. This means, that if any third-party comes across it, it won’t be able to trace you.
There is also data security, which means the protection of digital data from any destructive, unauthorized or unwanted actions. This includes cyberattacks on the databases or leaks.
Encryption of the data
The tool used for an enhanced security is encryption. It's based on mathematics, and in the process, the data is encrypted in such a way, that only authorized users should be able to read it. Anyone not allowed, will be seeing gibberish-like code.
To get to know more about the safety of our data, and the possible dangers for users, check out the following Disruption Banking’s piece: https://disruptionbanking.com/2019/02/25/anonymisation-versus-encryption/.
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