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Management Information System-Discussion (4)

Management Information System-Discussion (4)

Q There are many modalities for storing information such as data marts, data warehouses and tertiary storage making security a concern for information system managers. The collection of data and the sources used for collection is often a concern because of privacy, legal and ethical issues. Social networks, medical records and legal documents have become quite controversial as related to data collection not only for individuals, but for information systems managers because of the potential misuse and/or possible abuse. After viewing the videos and considering the above information, explain in your own words how these collection and storage methods could be beneficial/detrimental to a company/organization from a management perspective. How does the data collection for Windows 10 apply to security? Include whether there could be issues for a company based on the legal/privacy concerns due to social media postings.

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Currently, data is the most precious assets to an organization. With the innovation in the Big Data, now it is easier to analyse a bigger size of the data pool with a large variety of data. So, the business organizations try to capture data from all the possible sources to develop a better decision making based on the data in hand. One of the most popular sources in the recent years is the website cookies and social media data. For example, a cookie is a text file that has been saved into the digital device of a user when the user visits the website. Using the cookies, the website is able to gather information about the user’s surfing, including the user’s preference and past surfing history.