User:Thisismyusername31/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Information privacy

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article to read as a summary of informational privacy. Data privacy and protection has become an increasingly prevalent concern. The article provides a summary of the challenges of informational privacy by first outlining the different types of information and then going on to describe legal issues.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section was a concise summary of what the article would cover and also addressed why the issue of informational privacy is so important. It presents the challenges associated with data protection and what other relevant fields are also involved in this issue. Furthermore, the content itself is helpful in describing informational privacy. The first part of the article outlines the different types of information and how each can deal with privacy issues. This is helpful because it allows for readers who don't have as much prior knowledge on informational privacy to understand the basics. However, the content does not go too detailed into each source of information which is helpful in keeping the article brief and engaging. The content is up to date and addresses modern issues. For example, in the legality section, it addresses the fact that laws and regulations surrounding informational privacy are constantly changing in different countries. The article has a neutral tone and approaches the topic from multiple perspectives. It addresses the fact that issues with informational privacy and how they are addressed varies greatly in different countries. The article strikes a balance between defining informational privacy and the ways that information is currently being protected. There is a focus on current issues and mechanisms surrounding protecting informational privacy which makes the article relevant. All facts and sources are properly cited, with more than one citation per paragraph which allows the reader to clearly see secondary sources. The article is well written and has no obvious grammatical errors. The article talk page was active with the last comment being just a few months ago. Each comment helped make the article more comprehensive and take a more neutral stance.