What do privacy and data privacy mean?
Alan Westin’s theory describes privacy as the control over how information about a person is handled and communicated to others. Irwin Altman added that privacy includes limiting social interaction and included regulating personal space and territory.
Personal data includes any information that by itself or in conjunction with other elements can be used to identify an individual, such as their name, age, gender, personal identification number, race, religion, address, email address, biometric data, device IDs, medical data, and genetics data, based on the regulations defined in the country where the orginated from.
Privacy refers to an individual’s ability to keep their information, whether it is personal or non-personal data, to themselves and share data based on their consent. Privacy helps individuals maintain autonomy over their personal lives.
Data privacy focuses on the use and governance of personal data and policies...