Journal Entry 3

The four ethical issues that could arise when storing electronic data on an individual are confidentiality, integrity, availability, and inappropriate use for example. Confidentiality is the restriction that is placed on data. The owner is the individual that is always authorized to access this information. This individual can also give other people authorization to their data. Integrity has a lot to do with the trustworthiness of the data that is stored for an individual. It is very important that data does not fall into the wrong hands and has been altered in any shape or form. Once data has been altered, it is no longer accurate and is considered a breach in integrity. Availability is basically when then the data is accessible to the authorized individual. The individual may access their stored data at any timeframe. If services were knocked offline for example, the authorized individual would not be able to access the data. For data to be considered to be used inappropriately, it would mean the business that is storing the authorized individual’s data is using it in some way without the consent of the authorized individual. Before anything, there must always be consent. The business would be breaking their own terms of services if they did not follow it. If terms were broken, then individuals should be able to refuse or opt of services that they did not consent to. If an individual does choose to opt of services and delete their records with that business, the business should be very thorough in their data deletion processes so that individuals who are no longer customers, will not be at risk of any future data breaches. After deleting everything, there should not be a single trace of the individual’s electronic data be left to find. By doing this, the business would look trustworthy which could then raise their reputation.