Ethical issues that arise from storing electronic information about individuals is a serious concern, most notably is the confidentiality concerns with people’s private information. When you’re storing someone’s private information, it’s the ones storing this information’s duty to safeguard this information. Failing to do so will bring up another ethical concern of trust and the loss of it. Someone giving another party this information is an incredible risk and they’re trusting that party to properly handle the information, once this trust is lost it can be impossible to get back. The next concern is identity theft, with personal information this puts one at risk of the party who has the information or others stealing the information from the party to use in using that identity for criminal purposes. This is both a risk to the persons financial information and their reputation. Lastly there’s the security aspect of the information being stolen. If the party with the information was susceptible to hacking or leaking of information once it’s possible it can happen again just as easily. This can also point to flaws in their system and encourage new attackers to attempt to steal information. In conclusion confidentiality, trust, identity theft, and security are all ethical concerns of storing electronic information. The U.S. being such a large, diverse, and technology driven country experiences the most cyber security risk. In 2021 ” the U.S. experienced over 212 million data breaches” the next closest country was Iran at ” over 156 million people affected by data breaches. This shows that a larger and advance country comes with increased problems compared to a smaller country. In the U.K. ” 87% of organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks due to the advancement of AI”. In Japan, it is the sixteenth most attacked country, with a large percentage targeting the manufacturing industry. Compared to the U.S. which biggest concern is data breaching, malware, and phishing scams.