Privacy issues of Social Networking Sites

There is a high level of vulnerability with sharing personal information about oneself online (Debatin 2009:3). Potential stalkers in a physical or digital environment can use the information (Debatin 2009:3). The digital environment has made it easier for people to infringe on personal information. The most common happenings reported on Facebook include changing users’ pictures, creating fake accounts, making embarrassing information public, creating vulnerability (Debatin 2009:3). Concerns over issues related to Facebook’s privacy policy include divulging user information to government agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (Debatin 2009:3).

“Privacy is dead, and social media hold the smoking gun.” In today’s world, there are several social media websites such as Facebook and Instagram, and these websites have different privacy settings which are designed to protect the user’s privacy. It is undeniable after the invention of different social medias the world becomes smaller, and people get the chance to share information with their friends and families. However, strangers, press or any third party can use or view the information or photo shared with friends without people’s permission. As the article “MY CREEPY INSTAGRAM MAP KNOWS WHERE I LIVE” and “PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TRADE LESS PRIVACY FOR ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA” describes Instagram and Facebook are two of the leading privacy threats people who recently join or planning to join social media should know.

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

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

There is a rising dominance of social media sites that allows users lives to become increasingly transparent. With full information about ones activities available for everyone to see, it blurs the line between personal and impersonal information. Personal information like where you were, and your private life information are now things that everyone feels free to share, and by doing so dismantling the boundaries of personal information.

The emerge of our privacy invasion has mount with government surveillance by the U.S national security system (Baumer, Roth, Epstein, 2014). Government surveillance and social website such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube are source of privacy invasion (Cole, 2015). Connecting to social website to communication with friends, family, and co-worker; sharing, updating news, and information which overcast privacy according to Cole, 2015. Many Americans became occupied to social media and forget to think about the important of confidentiality and privacy. Multiple surges website captured personal profile once information shared with the media. This information became accessible to the public, and privacy can no longer be private that lead to the erosion of privacy (Cole, 2015)

Privacy is a topic that has impacted this new generation more so than others, and more than likely will continue to do so. It has been the source to much controversy and issues in the past decade. Additionally, it seems like privacy is only becoming more of a hazard rather than a blessing to users of social media and modalities of communication. Therefore, underscoring this topic and examining its effects, will possibly lead to an understanding of the rise and potentiality of this sensitive subject. Moreover, in some form or another, people have stumbled across this topic and that is why it is crucial that it is addressed, so that people can have an understanding of the problem.

Social Media is a current way in which people are using to interact with one another daily. Since the launch of various Social Networking Sites (SNS) its been a huge attraction in a new way to share information with others and correspond with interests of your choice in many different forms. Although social media sites allow users to share information with friends and other sites on the internet, many people are unaware of how their privacy is getting out. Now that the expansion of global connection through these social media networking sites are so highly present in todays society, giving us easy access to information, the lack of one's privacy is being diminished. Everyday peoples privacy rights are

The Internet has done wonderful things for our world. Knowledge of practically anything can be obtained through the Internet. And now, with the booming of Social Media, that includes people. Nearly every person can be found online with information pertaining to their interests, their family, and even to their exact location. This shows how useful the Internet truly is, allowing us the ability to connect with others and share information about ourselves at any time, it’s an incredibly useful technology. At the same time, however, this incredible ease of finding personal information has created some issues relating to personal privacy.

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

In the article ‘The Right to Privacy is Not a Right to Facebook’, Castro (2010, p.1) suggests that there is a growing concern in the content of the social media companies' privacy policy as these companies have been observed to be using their users' private data to provide suggestion products and services to their consumers. While this allows companies such as Facebook and Google to tailor their services to their consumers' preference and need better, Privacy Fundamentalists argue that such targeted marketing has already violated users' privacy rights by exposing private data. In the view of whether companies should be allowed to access the data, the author suggests that it is purely up to FTC to decide whether to conduct legal action in checking

In addition, there are more personal data being collected as the cost of information technology falls. Although, collecting such data undeniably provides economic benefits, it has proved impossible to keep data completely protected against criminal misuse (Roberds and

Today, many people from around the globe use social networking websites such as Facebook. Most people use Facebook to socialize, network, and connect with their friends and family. However, personal information such as name, address, phone number, location, and photos are shown on users’ profiles on a daily basis on Facebook. It’s pretty clear that Facebook helps people connect with each other regardless of physical distance between them; however, there are many legal, ethical, and security concerns that put users’ privacy in jeopardy. Facebook makes it easy

SnapChat, Facebook, any number of blogging tools—can be referred to under a number of different labels, but the generally accepted term is “social media”. While in 2016 they are anything but new, social media continues to gain prominence to the point where they are a somewhat ubiquitous presence in contemporary society. As platforms designed to ingest high volumes of personal information, there are considerable privacy and security concerns associated with these services. Social media platforms are very broad but here, my discussion will focus mainly on Facebook and Snap chat.

With the negative impacts of the internet, people must be concerned with how internet privacy on the web can impact their personal lives. Since the internet can be accessed by anybody it can cause a lot of damage. Internet privacy is considered a negative effect of the internet because the server providers do not have the right to obtain and hold personal information of users for other User must take responsibility for their own safety, privacy and security when using web browsers and website to store their personal information. A popular form of privacy that every individual has witness is on social media when accounts are hacked. There are many threats to privacy when the internet is in use, those two of the biggest concerns include personal information being sold to third parties and credit card theft (Chung & Paynter, 2002). Some other examples of internet risk include identity thieves, phasing, and scams. Due to things such as online shopping, banking and other e-commerce options, personal information is stored in the