Social Networking Sites and Privacy

However, for some teenagers, even adults users, identity management poses a threat for their privacy. In a series of case study by Mary and Aaron (2010) reveals that the majority of SNS users(77%) have altered their privacy setting. At the mean time, it is also the case that only 6% users have bad experiences owing to their privacy exposure, which causes them feel embarrassed. Moreover, there are 12% social networking users feeling regret the content that they have posted and shared. As a result of analyzing case study, there are increasing number of people realized the significance of identity management on social networking sites. In the view of the

The concern for privacy in college in America has been around far longer than one may think. The Family Educational Rights Act of 1974, which, according to the U.S. Department of Education states, “is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.” This was the first major step towards awareness of student privacy. Student’s have come to realize that their personal information is imperative to protect and to keep private because this information can affect them later in their lives. In recent years, there has been a major push for educating students in middle school and in early high school to know how to responsibly handle their personal information on websites and especially social media. Consequently, with more of the youth in our society flocking to the social media sites such as Facebook, and Instagram, some colleges have begun to search through their applicant's social media posts and photos to get a clearer picture of who the student really is. The influx of students and youth to social media sites and the process of colleges searching through that information accordingly brings forth the idea whether there should be a limit on the access colleges have regarding their applicant's personal life and information. Though students do control what they put on their social media pages, colleges should have a limit to the amount of access they have on their applicants and students personal life because it is an intrusion of the applicant's privacy.

Privacy has its negative influences towards others that so bring complications or misfortune to their lives. In the personal sense, privacy might bring disruption to relationships whether it is a friendship or a companionship. With most one’s information visible to the public, this gives the second party the opportunity

Facebook is a well know social networking site that has taken all over the world with over 500 million people using the site. Social networking sites such as Facebook share information about the user over the Internet, where it can be freely accessed by anyone. This is where issues of privacy to the individual arise. As of July 2010 Facebook has more than 500 million active users, Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. As of December last year, Facebook called its 500 million users to review their privacy settings at the launch of its new user control tools which allow the user to control their information easily depending on

A study of Facebook profiles from students at Carnegie Mellon University revealed that about 800 profiles included current resident and at least two classes being studied, theoretically allowing viewers to know the precise location of individuals at specific times.[4] AOL attracted controversy over its instant messenger AIM which permits users to add ‘buddies’ without their knowing, and therefore track when a user is online.[4] Concerns have also been raised over the relative ease for people to read private messages or e-mails on social networking sites.[13]

The privacy issues surrounding social networking sites are nothing new by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems that many people have mismatched expectations when it comes to privacy and social networks. Social

This paper will explore the freedom of information and privacy as it relates to social media postings with a particular look at Facebook (FB) and the issues that surround this social media giant. Social media in general and FB specifically have become an avenue to share ones thoughts and ideas, as well as daily events and plans much like people did years ago by using a diary. However, unlike notes in a diary, posts on FB may be seen by the masses. Today’s online posts can have serious ramifications if its content is controversial, or even ostensibly benign. While the old diary of events was memorialized after the events took place, and then later shared only with a select few, today's social posts are documented as they take place, and

A world where technology, the Internet, and social networking websites do not exist is an unspeakable, if not an impossible theory in the minds of today’s generation. The Internet, for example, has allowed for people to live a life that is fast and easy. A life that is more accurate and efficient in terms of knowledge and direction. A question that one might have can be answered instantly with the help of the well-known Google search engine. An address of a company or business can be found within a minute with either Google Maps or Apple Maps. With just a click of a mouse and a touch of finger, technology and the Internet can make life easy. Social networking websites have also made a positive impact in the lives of many, both professionally and personally. Websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have become very popular, especially in the up and coming generations. These social networking websites are online places “where [users] can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to others,” (Lenhart and Madden, 2006). It has allowed users to be connected and stay connected by building relationships in a business aspect and a personal aspect. It also serves as a means of communication and networking. Although social networking websites have had a positive impact on the lives of many, it has also had a negative impact, especially in terms of multiple privacy

It is shown that one of the most prominent sources, that prove a danger toward privacy, is through social media, specifically Facebook. This site alone, has over 1.4 billion users, thus a large percentage of the population has

The negative part of the privacy issue in the social-networking area is defined by the fact that many other unknown people out of the millions of users of Facebook are going to be able to see your profile details and information. Those who can and have malevolent ideas in their minds are going to be able to sell your information for a profit (Tynan, 2010), to either businesses who take advantage of it or to use it in criminal and unlawful ways, therefore endangering the security and reputation. “With so much personal information being shared on the Web, people are becoming more aware of how their online activities can build and ruin reputations” (Gonsalves, 2010) of the users of the social networking website. “If your image is on the Web, chances are your visual anonymity has been

Social networking websites are the most prominent websites on the Internet. Millions of people use them every day to interact and connect with family, friends, and loves who maybe far away or within big businesses organizations, and schools. Social networking websites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus and Google Handouts seem to be the most popular websites on the Internet. Social networking privacy issues have ruled the headlines in the first half of 2011. With most social networks, users have modify their options in order to make their accounts more reserved because the default settings share everything and such as passwords, private accounts and other valuable information that I it was breached, the user might regret it. This allows a multitude of security issues because so many people may have access to your information. In this paper, I will discuss how social media websites security is easily accessible, and how an attacker might use them.

Social media applications have skyrocketed in the past couple of years. With the increase of technology, millions of people are able to communicate and share information with family, friends and people all around the world. Although there are many positive features when using social media applications, there are major consequences as well. My research questions states: Is social media applications affecting our privacy and if so in what ways? The use of social media applications affect our privacy in many ways including the collection of personal information such as messages, photos, videos, location, credit card information, phone information, device settings and monitor habits. They also affect our privacy by distributing a huge portion of personal information with third parties and allowing hackers to hack the application due to low security measures. In addition, problems such as identity theft, and effects on early teenagers relate to the problem of privacy. The use of social media applications have changed the way we communicate with people, but it is important to understand the problems that rise from downloading these applications.

I believe that anything a person does on social media and post on social networking sites should remain a private matter. I don’t think a future employer should be allowed to know every aspect of the candidate’s life and what they do on their personal time. Social networking sites should be intended for just sharing anything we desire with friends and family without worrying what a future employer

Due to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and a variety of other social networking sites and apps, millions of online users can connect and share their lives with each other. However, in a complex network where millions of people can create and post their daily lives, the collection and analysis of personal information by online social networking sites has been controversial due to its potential to weaken individual privacy. The online platforms are owned by businesses that have the goal to optimize performance for users but also can turn the masses of users into monetary value by data mining. Global multimedia networks and the advertising industry have become interested in the information about their online consumers due to the fact that people use the Internet on a daily basis for multiple reasons and produce significant amounts of usable data for strategic marketing. Revenue for social network sites is acquired from various companies who are eager to pay to advertise and market their own respective company. There is a great challenge that users face on social media as they try to manage their privacy against the power of the social networks companies that can affect their information and behavior. Popular social network sites—especially Facebook—have created impressive technological ways for many to be connected. However, the potential for social network sites to gather and utilize personal and private data from their users makes it a risky and unjust action for human

Privacy of information has turned out to be a paradoxical issue in the information age(Barnes, 2006). One of the prime driving forces to this has been the rise of social networking sites. It is observed that these sites gather considerable amount of information about their users (Baruh, 2007). Research illustrates that social networking users are unaware of their personal information being compromised on both traditional and online commercial marketplace within different companies without prior user consent. However, they still continue to provide their personal details on such sites (Campbell, 2001; Goettke & Christiana, 2007; Govani & Pashley