Agencies - Writings:
The Iraqi government media center warned, today, Tuesday, against leaking millions of personal data for Iraqis because of: "digital waste".
The center stated in a statement, that: “It calls for the adoption of a government program that takes it upon itself to apply specific criteria to deal with digital waste in Iraqi government institutions;Because of the danger that this waste may represent some entities to penetrate the privacy of citizens or harm the institutions themselves..
The center explained that: “Computers in government institutions often contain important and sensitive information, and as a result of continuous updating and development may be replaced and dealt with the old as normal waste that is being disposed of without being subject to special operations that ensure that the stored information is not retrieved in the event of seized itBy others ”.
He pointed out that: “Even if the data is deleted in the usual ways;It is possible for many parties to retrieve the information within the hard disks, and thus exploit them in one way or another to achieve certain gains, even if these tablets are damaged or destroyed..
The center quoted the researcher in the digital field;Fadel Al -Doukhi, saying that: “There is another danger represented in the information provided by citizens through the electronic forms that government institutions launch from time to time.”Noting that: “Keeping these data on distant servers inside or outside Iraq, which often in multiple ways enables others to recover and exploit them in forgery and impersonating the personality.”.
The center called at the end of its statement: “The competent authorities in the Iraqi government;Until you set specific controls and criteria to deal with the old electronic devices that government institutions dispense with, as well as defining the mechanisms of receiving citizens' data through electronic forms and other digital methods to ensure the protection of citizens ’security and their digital privacy”.
