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Example: Username and password of registered users in an online service

• Case 1: the credentials are used for accessing users' accounts in an electronic music store.
  • Score = 1 / Simple data (no alteration due to contextual factors)

• Case 2.1: the credentials are used for access to users' accounts in a supermarket's web site, including information about previous shopping lists.
  • Score = 2 / Behavioural data (no alteration due to contextual factors)

• Case 2.2: the credentials are used for access to user's accounts in a social media site.
  • Case 3.1: the credentials can be used for access to user's account in the national tax system, proving information about users' income.

• Score = 3 / Financial data (no alteration due to contextual factors)
  • Case 3.2: the credentials can be used for online banking with the possibility to perform financial transactions (e.g. transfer of money).

• Case 3.2: the credentials can be used for online banking with the possibility to perform financial transactions (e.g. transfer of money).
  • Score = 4 / Financial data with full financial information and possibility for fraud.

• Case 4: the credentials are used for access to users' accounts in an online community related to sexual preferences.
  • Score = 4 / Sensitive data (no alteration due to contextual factors)