Where are we, who we are talking to, what we spend our money on, how healthy we are healthy, which are our political or sexual preferences. Many information about us are registered. Sometimes without our knowledge. We always share a lot of information. Sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously. Data is collected, connected, used and resold. Many of our data are worth a lot of money.

Privacy worries.

The Dutch are worried about their privacy. From a research we find out that 94% of them are worried about their personal data protection.

Especially on the misuse of their ID card, its online research behaviour control and the wifi control. These are some situations in which people have lost their personal data control.

The privacy importance

Privacy is a fundamental right. Is a condition for being free in who you are and what you are doing.

Privacy that regards people who have their data control. It’s like, for example, a picture where you stand like a drunk teenager, this will not assess your future.

The point is that we are not always controlled, our medical records are safe, and we can do whatever we want.

It is all about personal data control.

Risks

Many companies gain money from personal data. This is not wrong. All too often companies do not follow all the privacy rules when they collect, connect and use data.

This happens in large scale and alway in matt and complex systems.
The companies use data for profiling. This can involve discrimination and the exclusion of people.

Companies, sometimes, can receive data without the person acknowledging. This blocks the privacy rights use. People lose their control and gradually lose their voice and autonomy.

The insecurity of personal data can provoke identity fraud. People can suffer from this problem for a long time.

Privacy protection.

People can protect privacy by themselves.
But in the end they can do all on their own. Especially when they do not know that bodies process their data or because they do not have no choice instead of hand over data.

This is why there is a Supervisor that promotes and controls personal data protection. This helps companies using the privacy rules. And it controls if they are doing the correct. The Dutch Supervisor is the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP).

In a free and democratic society, people must trust the organization and the way they process their data.
Now and in the future.
As AP we engage everyday.

SOURCE: AUTORITA’ PER LA PROTEZIONE DEI DATI DEI PAESI BASSI – AP