[GS1-3] Privacy and Security

Data privacy and security are two essential components of a successful strategy for data protection. Data security refers to the protection of data from unauthorized access, use, change, disclosure, and destruction. It encompasses network security, physical security, and file security. Data privacy involves protecting consumer data by eliminating or reducing the possibility of re-identifying an individual whose information is present in the data. This is done by either removing specific information or by transforming the data with random “noise” or generalization.

Introduction

External resources

• Elwood, S., & Leszczynski, A. (2011). Privacy, reconsidered: New representations, data practices, and the geoweb. Geoforum, 42(1), 6-15.

Learning outcomes

• 830 - Discuss the status of the concept of privacy in the U.S. legal regime
  Discuss the status of the concept of privacy in the U.S. legal regime
• 831 - Explain how data aggregation is used to protect personal privacy in data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau
  Explain how data aggregation is used to protect personal privacy in data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau
• 832 - Explain how conversion of land records data from analog to digital form increases risk to personal privacy
  Explain how conversion of land records data from analog to digital form increases risk to personal privacy
• 833 - Compare and contrast geographic information technologies that are privacy-invasive, privacy-enhancing, and privacy-sympathetic
  Compare and contrast geographic information technologies that are privacy-invasive, privacy-enhancing, and privacy-sympathetic
• 834 - Explain the argument that human tracking systems enable geoslavery
  Explain the argument that human tracking systems enable geoslavery
• 2132 - Explain the difference between data privacy and data security

  Explain the difference between data privacy and data security

• 2133 - Explain the main challenges in dealing with data privacy and data security issues

  Explain the main challenges in dealing with data privacy and data security issues

• 2134 - Propose and design solutions for dealing with particular data privacy and data security issues

  Propose and design solutions for dealing with particular data privacy and data security issues

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [GS1-3] Privacy and Security (proposed relation) [CV6-8] Map ethics Legal and privacy issues
• [GS1-3] Privacy and Security subclassof [GS1] Legal aspects