Personal Data Protection as a Tool to Fight Cyber Corruption
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Data Protection, Privacy, Cyber-security, Corruption, Digital Ethics, Transparency, Accountability, Data Vulnerabilities, Data Governance, Surveillance, CybercrimeAbstract
As digital technologies proliferate, personal data vulnerabilities enable new
forms of systemic corruption. Robust data protection frameworks are essential
safeguards, yet remain underutilized in anti-corruption efforts. This paper analyzes
the complex intersection between privacy, cyber-security and corruption. Rapid
technological change has led to exponential growth in personal data generation.
However, legal and ethical oversight lags behind. Vast troves of user data are
harvested, often without full consent or transparency, creating information
asymmetries ripe for abuse. Data may be exploited, manipulated, or weaponized to
enable digital authoritarianism, cybercrime, discrimination, elite capture, and other
corrupt ends. Users lack control over or visibility into data misuse once obtained.
Case examples showcase vulnerabilities across sectors. Tighter constraints on data
collection, use and sharing, coupled with oversight and accountability measures,
can help rein in these risks. While data protection principles increasingly shape
global governance frameworks, considerable implementation and enforcement
gaps persist. Integrating privacy into anti-corruption programs as a core pillar,
alongside transparency and ethics initiatives, is vital to secure the data flows
underpinning digital societies against corrupt interests.
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