Online Privacy
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, from the presence or view of others.
When something is private to a person, it usually means that something is inherently special or sensitive to them.
Internet users may protect their privacy
through controlled disclosure of
personal information. The revelation of
IP addresses, non-personally-identifiable profiling, and similar information might become acceptable trade-offs for the convenience that users could otherwise lose using the workarounds needed to suppress such details rigorously.
On the other hand, some people desire much stronger privacy.
Threats of Online Privacy
There are many hidden dangers on the web.
The search engine, which can hide inside many threats, such as the record of information about your search history and your IP address .
The hackers can access your personal information.
The spyware is a type of malware allows the hacker to spy on the information on your computer.
The identity theft, he is someone that pretends to be another person.
The 5 biggest threats of Online Privacy
#1: Cookie proliferation