Why be concerned with data privacy?

Mobile devices and internet have emerged from being a ‘want’ to a ‘necessity’. These two instances alone led to a surge in mobile phone purchases, along with users downloading new apps and signing up for mobile-based payment platforms. In reality, all your information that is shared or posted online on ‘free’ websites and apps may not be yours anymore, and could be sold or distributed anywhere. If compromised, mobile devices could become a single point of failure—as we use these for almost everything from booking cabs, making payments, taking photos, browsing internet, checking our social media accounts, emails and even online banking. Cyber-criminals have shifted focus and have now started targeting consumer mobile devices, together with data obtained from breaches at various free or paid websites.