Privacy

With new media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, among many others, comes the mere concern of privacy. Privacy is always something that scares people because of the fact that someone who you don't know or don't want to know your information could possibly grasp hold of your information. Not only is social media an issue, simply shopping online has become an issue with maintaining privacy. However, who cares about this, right? For shopping online, giving out private information in exchange for promotional codes, is not a big deal for some. According to CNET, Target, a major credit card theft occur where phone numbers, names, mailing address, e-mail address, and debit card and credit information was stolen. So again, why are people so okay when it comes to giving up their information? Most people are excited to reap the benefits of these reward systems developed by places such as Target. By giving up their information, people receive promotional codes, coupons, and lifetime loyalty rewards. Another major issue lies in the fact that companies are buying and selling individuals private information, although this activity is disclosed in the Terms and Conditions sections of the disclosure agreement, many times people fail to read it and thats because its designed in a manner to make the reader bypass the information all together. Privacy is becoming harder and harder to maintain, its up to the people to decide whether or not they want to disclose certain information, but its also up to major companies harboring important information to keep that information safe. After all, if people are trusting you with their information, they're not expecting someone to easily swoop in and steal it. 

Source; https://www.cnet.com/news/target-works-on-security-heavy-credit-cards-after-breach/