Storing information about individuals can be beneficial to a company. It can help them to cater their services to their customers, to not have to re-enter data, and to find new ways to help their consumer base. However, there are also downsides to the storing of data by companies. One of these is that a security breach can occur, or information can get stolen by outside or inside sources. In this and in every case, it is important to have a secure system and to implement security measures to ensure the safety and integrity of the information stored in these systems.  The second way this is dangerous is that information in systems can easily be misused or sold by the company to other companies for their personal gain and for malicious purposes. This way cannot really be prevented by a secure system; it can only be avoided if companies ensure that the employees they hire are trustworthy and honest people. Another way is that details and important pieces of data can be altered by anyone who has access to the client’s information in an inappropriate manner. This is another way in which it is important to make sure that the people that are hired at a company are good people. At the same time, even good people can be easily manipulated into carrying out malicious activities if they are offered money or other valuable offerings. Lastly, the client’s confidentiality can be threatened if the employees who have access to the information do not have good intentions or if they are overly interested in the personal information of others. Furthermore, there are many reasons why it is unsafe for companies to store customers’ data, but it is still being and will keep being done in order to carry out business actions.