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Social media, banking, gaming, news, healthcare, education, and work have terms of service and privacy policies that users must adhere to, usually with no opportunity to negotiate terms, or you can choose to not take part in that part of life.

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Have you seen this in the App Store on your phone when you are about to install or update an App?
How to categorize the data that is being collected from me?
Want to know how important your data is and how much you should secure it?

Have you seen this in the App Store on your phone when you are about to install or update an App?

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Apple App Store has an App Privacy section which points out the data of each app is using to link to you or to track you. More explicit information on the categorization between Data Used to Track You and Data Linked to You.

How to categorize the data that is being collected from me?

Personal Data

Personal data is any data that can be used to identify a living individual. Common collected personal data includes names, addresses, locations, cookies, and IP addresses.

Sensitive Data

Sensitive data is any data that can be used to identify sexual orientation, political opinions, religious practices, racial or ethnic backgrounds, and any other information which describes the data subjects' mental or physical condition.

Want to know how important your data is and how much you should secure it?

You can use the table below as a reference to evaluate.

Security Objective	Prompt Question	Definition	Example
Confidentiality	"How bad would it be if someone who is not supposed to have access gets access?"	The only people who have access to the information are the ones who should have access to it.	Your: Research Data Phone number Home address Private photos Social security number Credit card information
Integrity	"How bad would it be if the data was accidently changed or corrupted?"	Information is attributable, accurate and reliable.	Students’ grades Academic records Research Data
Availability	"How bad would it be if the data was not available when you needed it?”	Information is available when you need it.	You wrote down all your passwords in a notebook and you forgot where you put the notebook.

Lastly: When in doubt, assume that any data you or you are handling is confidential and only use trusted applications to store this information.

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