Data

Data, information, knowledge and wisdom are closely related concepts, but each has its own role in relation to the other, and each term has its own meaning. According to a common view, data is collected and analyzed; data only becomes information suitable for making decisions once it has been analyzed in some fashion. Before the development of computing devices and machines, only people could collect data and impose patterns on it. Since the development of computing devices and machines, these devices can also collect data. In the 2010s, computers are widely used in many fields to collect data and sort or process it, in disciplines ranging from marketing, analysis of social services usage by citizens to scientific research. These patterns in data are seen as information which can be used to enhance knowledge.[1]

Data in a computer term sense has a few different meanings. For the purpose of privacy in computing, data is most commonly refers too the retrieval and usage of a users personal info, web searches, and Internet activity in order to predict certain things, either about that person or a populous, such as buying habits, popularity of an item, and marketing/advertising effectiveness. This information is gathered through a process called data mining. Data mining is a process in which a program scrapes massive amounts of information, like search history, and shopping habits, that is then collected and stored in databases or data warehouses for later usage [2].

The protection of a persons data is a big deal to most people.They want there privacy while browsing the Internet, using apps and various forms of social media. This has lead to data security to be on the front of peoples minds and news more then ever.

Sources:

 * 1) Data
 * 2) Privacy-Preserving Data Mining