Personal Data Protection and Privacy

From Computing and Software Wiki

Personal data are a set of data such as name, social insurance number, birthday dates, credit card number etc that needs to be kept secure. These data can be stolen if a computer is connected to the internet and the information is on the computer. A lot of hackers on the internet use their computer or other people’s computer to gain access into your computer to steal personal information that they then use for their own use. These hackers have free access to the computer if when there is a security hole in the software or operating systems that are being used on your computer.