Personal Information Collected Through Smart Devices, Social Media

“More than three billion people worldwide now use the internet (Time), and 80 percent of them access if from their smartphones” (Smart Insights). A smartphone is a mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, and much more. There is an abundant amount of smartphone brands out there in the world and while they all cost different prices, they all perform the same job. Each person uses their smartphone for various reasons, whether it’s for work or to make calls or texts. Smartphones have changed society in various ways, both good and bad. Although countless individuals think that smartphones have ruined American society, smartphones have actually benefited society because of more safety precautions, information on hand, and entertainment.

Smartphones and tablets are both widely used by more than half of the population worldwide. They deliver speed, convenience, resourcefulness, and enjoyment through the millions of applications that anyone with basic or advanced programming knowledge can make. These applications are available through the IOS and Android markets. Although smartphone and tablet applications provide individuals with information, useful services and entertainment such as maps, Facebook, and even music players such as Pandora, they can also invade an individual’s privacy. Some researchers warn that there are actually a high percentage of smartphone applications that may threaten privacy. Every application must go through compliance requirements and it can be said that most people will not install and/or download any application that they don’t and/or wouldn’t trust. One of the largest concerns for application privacy is the ability for the device to gather personal information on the owner of the device and even additional information from the contact list. Some applications are believed to gather information such as phone numbers and even web habits. The smartphone and tablet alike have changed the way people communicate, work, and find their way through the world, carrying with them what could possibly be the latest tracking device.

“Anyone who has made a call, sent a text, or done anything on the internet has their information filed into a database”(Hertzburg 1).

Finding fun and entertaining new apps keeps us interested in our technology and also keeps the app creators linked to our personal information. It is surprising that some of the most popular apps that have nothing to do with our personal information is somehow getting a hold of our info. For example, Pandora has been a popular app for several years now,

Some apps that do ask these questions may not be truly honest and can be deceiving. According to passage 2 “Your cell phone may be telling tales on you” apps can be running underground scams and able to access private photos and using those photos for instance to exploit you to the public to then have a bad reputation. Also hackers can use your cell phone call history to compromise certain information about you or even who you called and spoke too. Call history can also cause you to being stripped of your data privacy and can be then given to the government from your cell phone provider. All this is being able to take place through downloading untrustworthy apps and then allowing the access to personal information like where you are and where you will be heading to. Although there is a way of stopping all this from happening which may be very difficult to some but is to stop using a cellular device. Which can then be very good for you and could decrease the amount of your personal data being

The United States’ Supreme Court’s prohibition on warrantless digital searches has raised a heightened expectation of privacy on mobile devices recently and also raises the importance of the Fourth Amendment regarding illegal searches and seizures (Balitis, 2014; Feld & Ross, 2014). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been forced to review their rules, as their fair information practices of notice, consent, access, security, etc. are not being followed by marketers (Milne, 2000). For example, in a survey of 365 organizations belonging to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), Milne and Boza found that only 38% of marketers notify a consumer about the use of personal information, and only 26% of marketers ask a consumer for permission to use this information (Milne, 2000). Often in today’s world, a person subscribes to email messages or texts unconsciously and unknowingly through social media, at events, in stores, or through sweepstakes. That being the case, when one is not aware of what he is signing up for or opting in to or not aware this his information is being used, commonly seen in regards to geo-fencing, privacy concerns automatically

Individuals are able to collect data relating to their "habits, routines and environment using ubiquitous technologies. Running specialized software, personal devices such as phones and tablets can capture and transmit users' location images, motion and text input." (Shilton, 2012, p.1) The data that is collected by these devices are reported to be "both personal (identifying of an individual), and participatory (accessible by that individual for inquiry for the information sciences." (Shilton, 2012, p.1) It is reported that "self-quantification, mobile

Do you ever get that feeling you’re being watched? It is interesting how much power the government actually has over privacy. When a registered sex offender, lets say a “peeping tom” moves into a neighborhood, laws require that they notify people living in that neighborhood. If they peaked through a window, they were required to tell others, but when the government peaks into our most personal information and locations 24/7, they can get away with it. The government should not be able to look at all the data and on your phone without a warrant. Law enforcement agencies have been targeting cell phone users without their knowledge, and most service providers will very easily hand over customers information such as call logs, text messages, GPS locations, and web history without a court order to do so violating the fourth amendment.

With the progression and development in GPS and Wi-Fi, geo-location has become a dominant tool that can collect information over huge distances. It is purpose is to identify the physical location and time of a user when they post something on the internet. This helps advertisers and third party companies to help predict or assume the interest and likes of the user. The more the user uses the service, the more the service uses the user. Geo-location included in devices such as cell phones, computers, laptops, tablets but many people seem to be unaware. Going online with these devices can show where someone is, what they are doing and what time they are doing it. Telecommunication companies and internet providers record the sites and places we visit online to help profile and analyse the user more efficiently. Cell phones have become so common for social media use that users are willing to risk their privacy to have access to their social media sites or in most cases the user is oblivious that their information is being taken from them. This gives rise to the fear of potential big companies, or even the government,

Data is constantly streaming behind the apps individuals use whether they know the details or not. Individuals that use technology need to take into consideration how the location is still being tracked even when users are unaware that they have not turned off the tracking setting on their phones. The Time Magazine article “How to Stop Your Phone from Tracking Your Location” explains the step process with how to make sure the location setting is not active on anybody that has an internet connected mobile device (Aciman,2015). As people are scrolling down through their photos and do not realize that photos are geotag with specific locations where people capture the photo. Individuals would see for instance, that the picture was taken in a

The Smartphone’s are quickly taking over the mobile phone market. Currently, half of all U.S. mobile subscribers own a Smartphone. This rapid evolution in Smartphone adoption is due in grant part to the multiple services these devices can provide [1]. However, checking email, using GPS navigation, streaming video and many other services depend on Internet connectivity [2]. We have discovered that the majority of Smartphone’s can be easily denied of their

Did you know that you have an online profile? No; not just a Facebook profile or Instagram profile, but rather a very detailed dossier, with information including your full name, age, gender, address, occupation, income, phone number, IP address, hobbies, interests, physical and mental health issues, places you frequent, social media accounts, and much much more. Surprised yet? That 's just the start. With the rise of newer, more portable technology, the internet has rapidly started to play a very crucial part in our everyday lives; we can search where the nearest coffee shop is, buy and sell things, message friends, share thoughts, pictures, and videos, watch movies, play games, browse forums- the possibilities are nearly endless, and it is all at our fingertips; however there is a catch... Your every move is being tracked by data brokers, and nothing is sacred. Just by a few clicks, a personal profile, or dossier, can be built up, and sold for money, behind your back, and without your permission. With Edward Snowden exposing the NSA 's data logging technology in June 2013, the debate on internet privacy has been brought into the light, and many provoking questions have arisen. Is it right to let companies take your data without your permission? Should they legally have to tell you? Is this a violation of the 4th amendment? Should you have the right to opt-out? Is your

The many iterations of mobile technologies including location-based services have shown potential to revolutionize the communication, collaboration, services, shopping and support programs of companies globally. What is differentiated about this current generation of developments is the support for mobility-based applications at the operating system level, including Apple's iOS, Google Android and many others (Pelau, Zegreanu, 2010). This operating system-level focus is also allowing developers to create a much greater level of precision in how they define collaboration, communication and commerce across customers globally. While there are groups that oppose the technologies of location-based tracking on the premise that is violates a person's privacy, the latest advances at the operating system level allow for those using these devices to toggle off the tracking features of their phones (Valentino-DeVries, Steel, 2010). The many problems that Facebook has faced due to not dealing with this issue have become a cautionary tale for operating system developers.

In the companies, these technolo-gies are able to cause the profound modifications in theO-rganization of the information systems and consequently they have become the source of new risks. Definitely, smart phones gather and accumulate a growing amount of responsive information to which access must be inhibited to defend the isolation of the user and

As we spend more of our lives online, it’s important that we protect the internet from becoming a privacy-free zone. Not only is the government invading privacy but so are companies. Cell phones are vital communication tools