What is Data Privacy?

Data plays an important role in every aspect of AI. Data Privacy ensures that the data shared by customers/users is only used for its intended purpose. It is also known as Information Privacy.

Data privacy is defined as one able to control how our digital data is being stored, modified, and exchanged between different parties.

An applications required a lot of information which is collected from their users like browsing history, geographical locations, contact list, hobbies, preferences etc. These information can be used for the interest of both i.e. users and owner of application, as it may help in providing customized recommendations, notifications and for effective user's experiences of an applications.

Whenever we download and install an app on our smartphone or computer, it asks some permissions to allow for using the app. For example: When we use the app first time, then we have to allow some permissions like allowing contact list, photo gallery, locations etc. Organizations use data protection policy to keep the user's data safe.