There are four ethical issues that can arise when storing electronic information about people. One of the issues is if the person know that the information about them is being stored. If the person is unware of the information is being stored or to what extent their information is being stored, the issue here is whether or not their privacy is being violated. The second issue is who is and is not allowed to see said information. For example, most medical records are stored electronically these days. With medical records being sensitive personal information, the only those who have authorized access should be allowed to look at those records. The issue that can arise here is if someone without authorization can access these records or alter them in any way. The third issue that can arise is the misuse of the information about the individual. An example of this would be Facebook selling user data to third parties. Although the user allowed for Facebook to use their data, they did not allow for them to sell the data that was collected from them to unauthorized personnel. The fourth issue is withholding the electronic information itself from the individual. An example of this would be if a company withholds personal data from a person wanting to access it, even though it is their own data.

Cybersecurity threats differ from country to country. The main differentiation is how wealthy the country is. If a country is wealthy, they are less likely to have as many threats or attacks. Subsequently, if a country is less wealthy, they are more prone to cybersecurity threats and attacks. The US is a very wealthy and powerful country, and with that money and power they are able to afford more reliable forms of protection than a poorer country would. That’s not to say that less wealthy countries do not have cybersecurity frameworks in place; this just means that the more money a country has, the more funding they are able to allocate to things of this manner.