With the advancement in technology, personal data created and
stored in hard disk cloud, database, memory disk, internet,
computer, etc., continues to grow at limitless rates, thereby
leading the data to enter the Public Domain. This data is then
subjected to maxim threats, which are classified into two
categories - external threats to information security such as
threats from hackers, network security threats, denial-of- service
attacks, software threats, etc. and internal threats which are
often associated with misuse or misrepresentation of information,
data breaches and leaks.
The term Data Protection means legal control over access to and
use of data stored. In other words, it refers to a series of
continuous and repetitive processes, sound policies and privacy
laws to reduce intrusion in one's privacy.
