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.