Title:   DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS: QUANTIFYING THE VALUE OF YOUR DATA

Due to invention of newer and complicated technologies in the 21st century there is need to guard your data as every data has priceless value. Every vital information is a potential target as every data is of premium value to an attacker. Protection of personal data and privacy is the key to preventing online attacks and frauds. This paper takes a cursory look into personal data, Laws on Data and Privacy, the conceptions and misconceptions of uploading our daily lives online, including means of leaving snippets of our personal information online for cyber attackers. Digital footprint which is a trail of data you create while using the Internet adds to an individual’s online repute and can be accessed by corporations with no affiliations or correlations with the individual. In other to ensure data security, Mobile Banking Apps should integrate Two-Step Verification (2SV) and Two-Step Verification or Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) should be designed for additional online security.

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Publication Date: 2020-12-04