Transferring Personal Data Outside the European Economic Area
Transferring Personal Data Outside the European Economic Area

Summary/Abstract: Processing of personal data has grown in importance in the recent years. The main reason was the development of the Internet, which contributed to development of information society. Because of it the information became a good as precious as gold. It helped disseminate information in a very short time to unlimited number of people. That is why information about people became so important. Information about our preferences allows to offer goods that meet our needs. Each day we receive information customized to our needs. But profiling is not the only source of information about us. The second one, probably more important and dangerous, is social media, which give us the possibility to give information about ourselves and share it with the rest of the world. Every day millions of people share information about their plans, visits, and meetings with friends. We know about them more than we can imagine. When asking people as to why they put this kind of information they often answer that these pieces of information are not confidential and there is nothing wrong about it. However, this is not always the case. All Internet users should be aware that information that seems insignificant to us can be very valuable to another person. For example in one company a friend put on the Intranet an information that she will be on a leave for two weeks from coming Monday. This information was very helpful to another worker who told this to his friends who were robbers. After her return the employee who boasted about holidays found her house robbed. So we never know which information is important or useful and for whom.

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