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This is the analysis for the sixth weekly poll in Online Privacy Zone blog and it is related on how online information should be protected. Total 27 voters have participated in this weekly poll and thanks for everyone's participation.
Nowadays, the cyber world is getting dangerous because of phishing, scam, hacking issues, and many more. Internet is public and your private data or important information might reveal to many people included fraudsters then, it could lead you to phishing threat. You would wonder who can efficiently protect your online information and how to protect your online information. This weekly poll concluded participants' suggestions on the ways to protect online information which are government should come out a law to protect online privacy, websites should disclose policies, and educate Internet users.
First, majority (12 vote, 44%) chose government should come out a law to protect online privacy. In Malaysia, currently we do not have a confirmed law or act to protect our online data and privacy. We do have cyber law to stop cyber crime which can help to defeat cyber crimes such as phishing, scams, illegal access to one's personal computer, and many more but this cyber law is not focus on protection of online data and privacy. Participants feel that law could protect online privacy effectively because people are scare of the punishment therefore, they would avoid themselves to involve in any violation of online information privacy. Moreover, a law which focuses on online privacy protection could guarantee whatever personal information Internet users key in could be protected because individuals, partners, government, businesses, services, and others would work based on this law to gives Internet users a privacy security or protection.
Next, 10 participants (37%) wish that Internet users could receive suitable education to protect their own online privacy and prevent to become victims. 10 participants chose educate Internet users probably is because they think that it is important to increase knowledge and awareness on online privacy among the Internet users. Self awareness could protect users to avoid themselves to become victims because they are guarded by knowledge which related to cyber crimes and online information privacy.
In addition, 5 out of 27 participants (19%) voted websites should disclose policies. Policies refer to the plan written by the company, partner, services, or other businesses on Internet to promise they would protect users' online private information by taking suitable protection, prevention, and other actions. Most of the membership for sign up services which available on Internet require users to agree to their policies or terms and conditions because they want users to understand what kind of circumstances their data would and would not be protected, and what are the parties that should responsible for certain actions. These 5 participants feel that, disclose policies could protect their online data because these policies are like agreements that promise to protect their online data in certain situation and if the company did not achieve the protection which should give to the users, users could complain or sue the company.
In my opinion, it is great if the whole cyber world in worldwide could fulfill all these three ways then, the cyber security only could be protected effectively. Internet users might be alert on the online privacy issues but they do need law or act to punish all those who violate their online privacy. If there are no any relevant law, Internet intruders could never stop their negative activities through Internet because no one could stop them. Luckily, Malaysia have introduced an act to protect personal data and the draft was come out on last year. We could achieve a more secure cyber world soon.
This is the analysis for the sixth weekly poll in Online Privacy Zone blog and it is related on how online information should be protected. Total 27 voters have participated in this weekly poll and thanks for everyone's participation.
Nowadays, the cyber world is getting dangerous because of phishing, scam, hacking issues, and many more. Internet is public and your private data or important information might reveal to many people included fraudsters then, it could lead you to phishing threat. You would wonder who can efficiently protect your online information and how to protect your online information. This weekly poll concluded participants' suggestions on the ways to protect online information which are government should come out a law to protect online privacy, websites should disclose policies, and educate Internet users.
First, majority (12 vote, 44%) chose government should come out a law to protect online privacy. In Malaysia, currently we do not have a confirmed law or act to protect our online data and privacy. We do have cyber law to stop cyber crime which can help to defeat cyber crimes such as phishing, scams, illegal access to one's personal computer, and many more but this cyber law is not focus on protection of online data and privacy. Participants feel that law could protect online privacy effectively because people are scare of the punishment therefore, they would avoid themselves to involve in any violation of online information privacy. Moreover, a law which focuses on online privacy protection could guarantee whatever personal information Internet users key in could be protected because individuals, partners, government, businesses, services, and others would work based on this law to gives Internet users a privacy security or protection.
Next, 10 participants (37%) wish that Internet users could receive suitable education to protect their own online privacy and prevent to become victims. 10 participants chose educate Internet users probably is because they think that it is important to increase knowledge and awareness on online privacy among the Internet users. Self awareness could protect users to avoid themselves to become victims because they are guarded by knowledge which related to cyber crimes and online information privacy.
In addition, 5 out of 27 participants (19%) voted websites should disclose policies. Policies refer to the plan written by the company, partner, services, or other businesses on Internet to promise they would protect users' online private information by taking suitable protection, prevention, and other actions. Most of the membership for sign up services which available on Internet require users to agree to their policies or terms and conditions because they want users to understand what kind of circumstances their data would and would not be protected, and what are the parties that should responsible for certain actions. These 5 participants feel that, disclose policies could protect their online data because these policies are like agreements that promise to protect their online data in certain situation and if the company did not achieve the protection which should give to the users, users could complain or sue the company.
In my opinion, it is great if the whole cyber world in worldwide could fulfill all these three ways then, the cyber security only could be protected effectively. Internet users might be alert on the online privacy issues but they do need law or act to punish all those who violate their online privacy. If there are no any relevant law, Internet intruders could never stop their negative activities through Internet because no one could stop them. Luckily, Malaysia have introduced an act to protect personal data and the draft was come out on last year. We could achieve a more secure cyber world soon.
