Blown to Bits Chapter 2 Vocab

a collection of information organized in a specific manner

• encryption

• RFID

• database

• data mining

applications that look for patterns within a set of data

• database

• data mining

• encryption

• data repository

the method of preparing data for storage or transmission

• data mining

• query

• encoding

• encryption

assures that personal information (and sometimes corporate confidential information as well) are collected, processed (used), protected and destroyed legally and fairly

• data mining

• data security

• data privacy

• data storage

controls access to personal information and protects against its unauthorized use and acquisition

• digital detritus

• data storage

• data privacy

• data security

how you archive your data

• data storage

• data security

• data privacy

• database

the translation of data into secret code

• encoding

• encryption

• data mining

• data privacy

a data trail created as the result of regular online interactions

• query

• data mining

• digital footprint

• ad hoc

a quick solution to a specific problem

• ad hoc

• RFID

• query

• dossier

a technology that allows for the passive identification of an item through the use of radio waves

• EDR

• data repository

• PRISM

• RFID