Privacy

In this new media era, there have been an increasing amount of alarm for data protection. It is easier than ever to collect personal data of consumers/everyday people, and big internet driven companies such as Facebook, Google, etc use this to make  a profit. Google for instance, uses our search history to find patterns and habits and then sell them to companies that offers products and services that they think would be a fit for us. Since most things are digital now, most people's data are in a system, and those data are at a high risk, because hackers can breach the system to collect those data. For example, Target had a data breach and approximately 40 million customers credit card information was stolen. Now, websites require you to enable cookies, which stores your data, so next time you're on that site it will be easier for you, but they could use this data to sell it to companies that are interested in selling products and services to you. Recently, the question of  'do we really have privacy?' have been resurfacing very frequently.