QuestionQ268

Privacy Risk Assessment and Risk Management

When designing a new system, which of the following privacy threats should the privacy technologist take into account?

  • A Data aggregation
  • B Third-party sharing
  • C Social engineering
  • D Inadequate data encryption
Explanation

Data aggregation can expose or infer sensitive information that was not apparent in the individual datasets. Combining data from large or diverse sources can therefore cause unanticipated revelation about an individual, making aggregation a privacy threat that must be considered during system design.

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