Digitalisation has transformed the data
recording and storing technology; the cloud system has created additional
advantages for the individuals. Digitalisation on one hand has eased up the
things, while on the other hand has also toughen things in terms of ensuring
security and privacy of the data and information. The cloud storage system on
one hand helps the individuals to store their data while on the other hand if
the system is hacked these clouds can easily be accessed by anyone from any
part of the world. This points out
toward the fact that while technology has made the things easy in life, yet on
the other hand it might also create severe threats to the privacy of
individuals.
Scholz (2016) in his article Sustainable digital environments: What major
challenges is humankind facing? Sustainability proposes that due to
the use of technology the privacy and anonymity has diminished. For example he
points out “The genetic code may be easily inferred and can become
intentionally or unintentionally public. The same holds true for medical data.
Purchasing behaviors, geographic locations, behavioral patterns, consumption
patterns, and interactions, phone calls, etc. are all recorded” (p. 22). This
shows that the personal data of the individuals no longer remain personal as
most of the data might be stored in the places of different companies and
institutions which are not even known by them. Similarly the individuals can
have no control over their data which is becoming a great threat to the
individuals’ rights and privacy concerns.
This further leads to the path of complete human destruction.
