The Effects Of Social Networking On Society

Ever feel like you are being watched? How about having the feeling like some one is following you home from school? Well that is what it will be like if users do not have the privacy on the Internet they deserve. EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), a advocacy group that has been fighting the Clinton Administration for tougher online consumer protection laws, and other privacy protection agencies have formed to protect the rights and privileges of the Internet user. With the U.S. Government, EPIC has had to step in and help small companies and Internet users with their own privacy problems, hackers getting into their systems and ruining the networks, and crackers stealing and decrypting private

“Michael B. Donley, DoD Senior Privacy Official, said that system managers for each system of records shall ensure that all personnel who either have access to the system of records or who shall develop or supervise procedures for handling records in the system of records shall be aware of their responsibilities for protecting personal information being collected and maintained under the DoD Privacy Program (Donley, 2006). ” DoD employees and contractors are stewards of the information. In this capacity, all personnel, whether military, civilian or contractor, have an affirmative responsibility to make sure that collected information are only used and disseminated when authorized by law and that information is safeguarded.

Pro argues this is significant in a bad way as it gives companies a large amount of power. I’m not seeing it, perhaps pro could explain why a corporation having my information gives those companies power that results in a net negative. Furthermore, pro concedes that currently companies get this information when people post personal data on networking sites. Thus, people are already equipped with a way to reasonably prevent businesses from getting their data. Of course that is by not posting their information online. No one is forced to put such information on the internet. This solution turns out to be more effective than what pro is suggesting. Ultimately it is up to people as individuals to protect their own information. We do not need a nanny state to do something for us reasonably easy to do.

This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of "personal identifiable information" (importance it can be utilized to explicitly recognize you as a unique individual) or "non-by and by identifiable"

The issues surrounding this policy problem are that companies, government officials and internet service providers are allowed to use our private information for any given reason. The reasons include marketing, advertising, sales and many more. The problem is that our information is no longer ours when we are online and are browsing through these ISPs, but rather are in the hands of the companies behind our internet services. This relates closely to what we talked about in class in regards to net neutrality and how ISPs are not allowed to manipulate or interfere with content or traffic. The internet is supposed to be a neutral place, where we ultimately feel safe to express ourselves, browse the internet in private and share our personal information. What is at stake in this policy issue comes down to ownership of private information, and whether or not we have control over our own information or not. While ISPs and government officials may argue that they are monitoring for suspicious and terrorist activity, people are growing more and more concerned whether or not this warrants the access to everyone’s personal information, including emails, private conversations and phone calls. When it comes to this particular issue, there is another side to the debate. Some people admit that they are willing to

We understand that privacy online is important when people go online. This statement explains the privacy policy of the site for users ( "Visitors"), accessible without registration; and those who sign up as a member on the site and use the various services offered by iTaxation.us ( "Members"). We are committed to respect and protect the user information as the protection of our information.

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

Mark Zuckerberg claimed that privacy is no longer a “social norm” (theguardian.com). In the case of Edward Snowden’s revelations, what constitutes privacy is still a fervent debate. Privacy is not binary, being either private or public, but exists in an intermediate state. Privacy is not secrecy, or keeping information strictly to yourself, but awareness of who access to it, who can use it, and who can disclose it (Richards 410). With big data, potentially identifiable metadata is perceived as a loss of privacy. Privacy is more than mere protection against the collection of data, but control over the flow of information. Data brokers and companies signify an asymmetrical control (cbsnews.com). Today’s privacy laws incorporate the “Fair Information Principles”, where consumers regain control over their personal information (Richards 412). Companies employ “privacy self-management” with privacy notices and the choice to opt out of agreements before disclosing personal information (Solove 1880). Few read the entire “terms and conditions” before giving consent and fewer follow its modifications. This creates a “consent dilemma”, describing consumer difficulty in weighing cost to benefits of service (Solove 1881). It would take users hundreds of hours per year to accomplish this task (Richards 413). Privacy oversight cannot be regulated solely by government, but must be implemented by the companies to

read carefully Privacy Policies,Yes, they can be long and complex, yet they let you know how the site looks after precision, access, security, and control of the individual data it gathers; how it utilizes the data, and whether it gives data to outsiders. On the off chance that you don't see or comprehend a site's security arrangement, consider working together somewhere

Information in SNS profiles has led to people losing job offers, getting fired, and being arrested.

Data collection is increasing as more and more users gain access to the internet, freely browsing without knowing their data is being collected. On October 27, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission adopts broadband consumer privacy rules. These new rules enable the consumer to decide how their data is used and shared by their broadband providers. Following these new rules on November 21, 2016, a panel debate the merits of the Federal Communications Commission online privacy rules. The debate is primarily between Doug Brake, who is pro-privacy, and Kevin Rupy, who is pro data collection. Brake agrees with Rupy that the economy is driven by the access to data and it would be detrimental if the FCC took that way. However, Brake says that there should be different levels of security depending on the sensitivity of the data. Brake compares a social security number to a person 's name. These pieces of information should obviously be held at different security levels as social security is substantially more important than a person 's name. Brake also argues the Federal Communications Commission did a poor job of balancing consumer privacy and innovation. Brake understands the benefits of giving up some privacy for innovation as it can lead to a better user experience.

We hope that reading our Privacy Policy will help you visualize and understand that how do we manage your information when you visit our website.

The resent explosion of the popularity and use of the internet, we now face a new treat to our privacy. A lot of the concern over privacy however is generated more from people who have had negatives experiences with privacy online. To understand this it is important to understand that a web site and find out a lot of information just based on where that person visits and how the user interacts with the site. This can and does happen without the consent of the visitor. However in response to the user’s distaste, most sites now days post a privacy policy (or at least a link to one) one the front page of their site. In using these privacy policies trustworthy website can state how and what information is collected by their site. They

     Ever feel like you are being watched? How about having the feeling like some one is following you home from school? Well that is what it will be like if users do not have the privacy on the Internet they deserve. EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), a advocacy group that has been fighting the Clinton Administration for tougher online consumer protection laws, and other privacy protection agencies have formed to protect the rights and privileges of the Internet user. With the U.S. Government, EPIC has had to step in and help small companies and Internet users with their own privacy problems, hackers getting into their systems and ruining the networks, and crackers stealing

DNS information or requests for it are considered personally identifiable information (PII). If so the privacy implications of collecting it would be significantly affected. Before discussing DNS as PII, PII must be defined. This is not an easy task, and no authoritative definition yet exists. This section examines how well the different aspects of the DNS exchange are described by the PII definitions and possible legal concerns regarding pDNS besides PII. DNS queries, DNS messages’ positive answers, negative answers, and IP addresses of the parties to the communication. First, with respect to DNS queries, it is unlikely that any part of the end user’s name or identification number would be directly revealed absent willful user disclosure the end-user’s activities, which would be considered a type of information that falls under the NIST Special Publication’s definition of PII. In this manner, queries may fall under some international definitions of PII, even being considered ‘sensitive information’ in some instances. This would only be the case if the queries