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important. to. consider. at. least. what. things. you. can. control.
and.to.do.your.best.to.both.understand.what.those.data.items.
are.and.to.inluence.their.existence.and.content.to.the.best.of.
your.ability..Because.if.you.do.not,.you.can.be.sure.someone.
else.will.
Before.we.leave.this.subject,.we.should.at.least.mention.
the.idea.of.an.intranet.as.well..An.intranet.is.an.online.service.
internal.to.an.organization..Depending.on.your.organization's.
size.and.complexity.these.can.be.less.daunting.to.understand.
and.control,.as.they.are.limited.in.scope.and.are.usually.iso-
lated.from.the.larger.Internet.
However,.when.we.consider.the.data.created.for.and.about.
us,.we.cannot.leave.this.data.store.out.
The.information.about.us.in.this.data.store.will.most.often.
contain. the. data. about. the. work. that. we. do;. the. electronic.
documents.or.products.that.we.create;.our.pay.scale,.taxes,.
and.beneits;.our.employment.history.and.performance.mea-
surements;. possibly. medical. health. and. insurance. informa-
tion. including. information. about. our. dependents;. and. very.
likely.banking.information.so.we.can.be.paid.eficiently.
All.of.this.is.again.a.part.of.the.information.that.exists.
electronically.and.can.be.used.both.in.a.beneicial.way.by.
beneicent.actors.such.as.our.employer,.or.used.against.us.
by.someone.with.less.beneicent.motives..As.with.all.other.
forms.of.data,.it.behooves.us.to.recognize.how.the.data.are.
created,.where.the.data.live,.and.what.controls.we.have.over.
the. data. creation,. maintenance,. existence,. and. acquisition.
or.deletion.
3.13 STORAGE MEDIA
We.referred.several.times.in.this.chapter.to.different.types.of.
storage.media,.and.these.are.important.to.understand.as.they.
are.the.physical.components.or.devices.on.which.all.of.this.
important.data.are.actually.residing.
Whether.we.are.talking.about.servers,.databases,.Internet,.
or. cloud,. even. phones. and. digital. video,. all. data. that. are.
