Just using Google I 'Googled myself' just to see how much information was readily available for the world to view!
As seen in my Google screen shots above all of the information available from the 1st page of Google and Google Images was mainly from Social Networking sites, Blogs from another subjects and a job application I was a finalist for. This specific example shows how easily it is to loose control of your privacy and how easy it would be for strangers to get their hands on information about you. Each of my social networking sites are set as private and it is frustrating to know all my private information is still being advertised if searched and exposed for the world to see. I dont even have a Myspace account any more however all the images and information is stored on their servers and still out there for the world to view!!
Privacy is a main concern especially when it comes to how much is readily available about you on the internet and what really concerns me is the number of young children who fake their age in order to make themselves a Facebook page when they don't completely understand the effects that it may have on them.
Already some bosses or companies will view or request to view your Facebook profile before they employ you as a part of their company. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for all the 13-16 year olds who post obscenities, rude images and offensive language on their Facebook on a daily basis when they go to get a job and they are denied as a result of their immaturity as a teenager.
Last week it was announced that Germany has made the Facebook Facial Recognition service on tagging photos illegal. In relation to the issue Johannes Caspar (2011) said "that this feature allows Facebook to gather data and this can only threaten the anonimity of Facebook users".
What do you think about privacy on the internet and what is your opinion on Facebook's facial recognition service being banned in Germany?
