Data is a collection of facts, such
as values, measurements or
personal information about people.
The person who is in control of
the data determines why or how
it is handled and processed.
When handling data you need
to make sure that the data is
secure and being protected.
You may also sometimes
need to do checks to
make sure that:
The data is accurate and
relevent to it's intended use.
The data shouldn't be given out to
anyone without the permission of the
person in which the data is about.
Websites
Data is normally stored
in a database when it is
used with websites
Users will register their personal details over
the internet through a web server, and then
the information will be placed into a
database, and the database would be
securesd to make it harder for people to hack.
In return the user will
recieve additional
services on the website
since they had registered.
To protect information when
building systems that store data
it is important to make sure that
they store data efficently and as
well as protecting the data.