Data Privacy
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Data Privacy (also Information Privacy) denotes the perimeter of information collection and dissemination that is acceptable in a given legal and political environemnt. Related concepts with nuanced differerences in meaning are Information Privacy and Data Protection.
- The concept of data privacy is in-principle tecnhology agnostic. Digital technology has both complicated and accelerated the recognition of data privacy as an important aspect of societal organization.
Data Types
- Various types of [[Personal Data] often come under privacy concerns
- Media Consumption patterns (newspapers, radio, television)
- Online Data (web browsing, email, messaging, search, comments, geolocation)
- Educational Data
- Medical Data
- Commercial Data (purchases, sales, organizational structure)
- Financial (transactions)
Privacy Laws
- General Personal Data Protection Law (Brazil)
- Data Protection Directive (European Union)
- California Consumer Privacy Act|California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (California)
- Privacy Act (Canada)
- Privacy Act 1988 (Australia)
- Personal Data Protection Bill 2019|Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 (India)
- China Internet Security Law|China Cyber Security Law (CCSL) (China)
- Data Protection Act, 2012 (Ghana)
- Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore)
- Republic Act No. 10173: Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Philippines)
- Data protection (privacy) laws in Russia
- Data Protection Act 2018 (United Kingdom)
- Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) (Bahrain)
Privacy Authorities and Organizations
- National data protection authority|National data protection authorities in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (Australia)
- Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
- Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, France
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Germany)
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (Hong Kong)
- Data Protection Commissioner (Republic of Ireland)
- Office of the Data Protection Supervisor (Isle of Man)
- National Privacy Commission (Philippines)
- Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore)
- Personal Data Protection Office (Turkey) (KVKK, Turkey)
- Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (Switzerland)
- Information Commissioner's Office]] (ICO, United Kingdom)
- Confederation of European Data Protection Organisations
- Data Protection Day (28 January)
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (headquartered in USA)
- Privacy International (headquartered in UK)
Mitigation Mechanisms
- Regulation
- Education
- Encryption
- Decentralization
- Data Minimization
- Privacy by Design
- Privacy enhancing technologies
See Also
- Data Privacy Vocabulary
- Authentication
- Data Retention
- Data Security
- Differential Privacy
- Data Sovereignty
- Data Localization
