Privacy is a fundamental human right and has become one of the most important human rights of the modern age.  Privacy is recognized around the world in diverse regions and cultures. Nearly every country in the world includes a right of privacy in its constitution.

Data Privacy concerns exist wherever personally information is collected and stored in digital form or otherwise. Improper or non-existent disclosure control can be the root cause for privacy issues. Challenge in Data Privacy is to share data while protecting Personally Identifiable Information.

Definitions of Data Privacy vary widely according to context and environment. In many countries, the concept has been fused with data protection, which interprets data privacy in terms of management of personal information.

Today’s complex and sophisticated business systems or processes require collection of personal information to carry out their business. As a result, personal information is vulnerable to a variety of risks, including loss, misuse, unauthorized access, and unauthorized disclosure. Those vulnerabilities raise concerns for organizations, governments, and the public in general. This leads to have a balance between the proper collection and use of their customers’ personal information by organizations. Governments are trying to protect the personal information by defining Data Protection or Data Privacy Acts which are to be complied by organizations dealing with personal information.