The issue of privacy and personal data security is one of the foundational rights of any U.S. citizen. However, while maintaining this right and safeguarding people’s personal information from security breaches has always been quite a challenge both for state and private organizations, with the creation of the online environment and digital data storage options, it has become particularly difficult. By teaching about the key approaches to securing citizens’ privacy, as well as crucial regulations for post-incident management and citizens’ notification, this course has helped me to understand the intricate nature of the subject matter and taught me how to navigate the complex legal environment of digital data protection and security breach management.
The importance of understanding the differences between the laws accepted in different states was also instrumental in gaining insight into the issue of private data protection and the related notification standards. Namely, the discrepancies regarding the notification time were quite peculiar to discover since they implied difference in the extent of efficiency and the possibility of a delayed response.
Moreover, learning about the means of protecting citizens’ privacy in the environment of the digital setting was vital. Since the online context includes a range of threats that are endemic to the specified setting. It is critical to study it in depth in order to be prepared when addressing digital threats. Moreover, the nature of cyberattacks on customers’ data is entirely different from the instances of data breach for physical information storages. Although the sue of digital protection and options for data management has its advantages, it also implies challenges for keeping data protected against the threat of cyberattacks, which become increasingly more sophisticated and intricate with every month (Romanosky et al., 2019). Therefore, the when it comes to ensuring safety of customers’ data, it is critical to be ahead of the threat and create preventive measures that reflect the latest innovations in the field, which must be represented in the law accordingly.
Finally, the issue of mitigating adverse results of data security breach from a legal perspective has been examined thoroughly throughout the course. Specifically, it was crucial to find out the multiple strategies that should be implemented in order to prevent the further data leakage from happening, as well as alert the customers and the parties involved, including respective authorities. Although the described issue is also highly varied from state to state, learning the general guidelines for managing the outcomes of data security breach was vital for embracing the full extent of responsibility that an organization must face in the described situation. In fact, the issue of liability for an instance of a security breach was quite curious to examine since it was also different across the U.S. Overall, the information that the course has provided has allowed me to understand and embrace the framework for addressing the cases of personal data breach (Morrow, 2018). Additionally, the course has given me several ideas of how personal data theft can be avoided in the first place. Namely, active education of the target population should be seen as a solution.
Incorporating essential guidelines for managing privacy issues and providing insights into the complex nature of the associated legal issues, this course has been an important step in exploring personal data regulations in the U.S. Due to a combination of lecture materials and discussions that involved active knowledge sharing, I managed to learn a substantial amount of details concerning the management of personal data security issues in different states.
References
Morrow, P. J. (2018). The new age of cybersecurity privacy, criminal procedure and cyber corporate ethics. Journal of Cybersecurity Research (JCR), 3(1), 19-28.
Romanosky, S., Ablon, L., Kuehn, A., & Jones, T. (2019). Content analysis of cyber insurance policies: How do carriers price cyber risk?Journal of Cybersecurity, 5(1),1-19.