Personal data

It has made personal data much easier because a lot of people can now just fill out surveys and things that they need to instead of having to go out to deliver and fill out forms. This has been made easier by the internet because people can fill out online surveys/quizzes and can submit them online which is a fast and more efficient way of doing things. With doing this this way, people can also be checked to see whether they have/have not filled out the form and can email or text them to remind them to do it.

Denial of service

This is where someone denies you access to your Data or your ISP denies you internet. These can be very annoying as you may not be able to do work for your job.  IT may have made connecting to the internet easier but it did also give birth to another money making scheme. Facebook is a large money making scheme as many people around the world have Facebook which is making the owner a lot of money.  This could be abused as you could be being made into paying more than you need to be paying. Also some people who run cloud storages cannot give you the data you stored on them unless you pay an amount to unlock your storage which could be bad if you was to be working within a job and needed the data.

Phishing

Phishing is where people make a fake website for example in order to steal money from innocent people. This has increased through the power of the internet as now you can make a fake website/email requesting that people need to renew or re-enter their banking information, then they use their information to steal money from them. This is a very big negative as some vulnerable people believe the fake websites or e-mails and end up losing money and being stolen from.

Spam

Spam has increased hugely due to IT as it has become really easy to send different people around the world things through email for example. Spam is where a person sends something unwantedly or repeatedly to a person when they don’t want it like when you sign up for a website and it says in small print that they send your information to third parties and you allow it without knowing and they send a lot of spam emails of their business that you didn’t want.

Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying has had a massive increase due to IT as almost everybody in the world has computers and use the internet which has many different forms of social media which many people have access to. A few people on the internet do a thing called ‘trolling’. This involves a person who makes other people feel bad for their own enjoyment. This has a huge negative effect on people as it makes people feel bad about themselves which can lead to self-harm or suicide.

Inequality of access

The amount of access is completely different all over the world because they have different amounts of money so they don’t have computers and mobile phones and things as they can’t afford them or their country doesn’t allow technology like this as it could damage their economy and their society. This is negative for some countries because that means that they don’t have as much technology as other places which will put them behind on things.

Ethical

The ethical act has changed a lot due to IT. The internet has been the biggest change to this as lots of unethical acts have been posted on the internet like for example, racist behavior, animals being beaten and sexual videos of celebrities. All these things are seen to be unethical and due to the internet, many different people can now see things like this and people start to think that as people do these things regularly, they start to think that they are okay to do and is normal and acceptable when they’re not.