From the course: Understanding and Prioritizing Data Privacy
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Privacy vs. secrecy
From the course: Understanding and Prioritizing Data Privacy
Privacy vs. secrecy
- Secrecy is different from privacy, but I think it's often confused. I think when you hear the word privacy, and it depends where you were born and raised as well, it's also a cultural definition of privacy. Many people have said to me, "Wow, this is information that I use in public." Or, "This is information that other people can see about me "when I put myself out there on social media." Secrecy is not synonymous with privacy. Confidentiality is not synonymous with privacy. Privacy is the authorized processing of personally identifiable information. Sometimes that processing means that I've given you a secret to keep. So I give you information. I give you my credit card to make a purchase. Violating my privacy is sharing that information for any other purpose than payment. On the other hand, I can go to a conference and have my name as the keynote speaker. Now, while you can't defame me by saying things that are…
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