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Personal Data Protection- Is it really protected?

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I am pretty sure most of you have heard the recent buzz of  Facebook massive security breach  which happened back in September of last year. It was massively publicised on various news and social media outlets that it is nearly impossible to be unaware of it. This scandal affected over 50 million user accounts which definitely shed negative light on them, perturbing their reputation. Till now, the issue remains unsettled, with the  UK’s data protection watchdog calling for Facebook to drop their appeal against a £500,000 fine for breaching data protection laws.  The scandal was actually a good test on their crisis management capabilities which I reckon was not very commendable. With no signs of closure anytime soon, as displayed by Facebook's continuous appeals endeavours, it would be a long and lonely battle for them. Facebook would also have to strategise on getting back their users' trust which got diminished in the light of the scandal. This whole o