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Data Security and Privacy Concerns

The digital revolution has fundamentally altered how individuals and businesses manage data. Many people have transitioned from printed documents, handwritten notes, and other analog formats to digital solutions. Your tax paperwork, vehicle titles, health records, and other personally identifiable information may exist only in the cloud or on a computer hard drive.

This digitization makes data more accessible and harder to damage or misplace. However, growing reliance on technology has also led to new data security risks. According to the cyber economy researcher Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrimes will cost $9.5 trillion globally in 2024.