Hi Team Five,
Questions to consider this week:
- After reading about the risks of using social media, do you feel more or less concerned about your own use of social media?
- Do you agree that Mitrano's principles for using social media would be enough to protect social media users, or do you believe there should be more laws passed to restrict social media companies and the information they collect/use/sell?
This week's team leader: http://keriltew.blogspot.com
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ReplyDeleteAfter this week’s reading I feel neither concerned more or less about the risks of social media, as I will continue to use it for both business and personal use. I know not share anything that private that I do not want others to know. If it is one thing I have learned over the years with working with computers is that there is always someone smarter than me using one and it may not be for good means. It vital that we protect our computers and our data from virus and malware, and change passwords often in order to keep our information from harm’s way. I do not mind companies collect the user’s data and behaviors of surfing and purchasing online for their own use to sell me something that I might like.
ReplyDeleteHowever, what I dislike is when companies sell it without your permission. Many websites if designed properly will ask you to opt-in rather than opt-out from receiving information as emails and promos from them, but then they often turn around take your email and sell it for a profit to another company. Many subscription based magazines and newspapers and on line website s often buy and sell email databases. One of the biggest data brokers is Axicom and they earned $ 1.1 billion in sales of reselling consumer collected data. As per authors Ed Lavandera and Jason Morris, “Currently, there is no comprehensive federal regulation for data brokers” (cnn.com, 2012). Yes, I agree there should be some sort governmental guidelines enforced on companies to ensure the privacy of customers as well as posted policies so customers are aware of what is being happening behind the scenes online. For social media sites they are already stating they own our content, but what needs to be done is education for users to know the ramifications of share too much online.
References:
Lavandera, E. and Morris, J. (2012). Why big companies buy, sell your data. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/tech/web/big-data-acxiom/
I feel safe using social media but there are risks involved. You have to be careful what you post. You must be pro-active when you use social media and not leave yourself vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary, Thank you for sharing your view on the privacy issue of using social media. You're correct in saying we must be pro-active and to only post what we would want others to know about us. We are the only ones that can protect our own identity. We can use social media to build our own brand so to speak. For example, on Linkedin build a quality resume for business opportunities for future jobs. We can list our success stories or achievements to show how valuable a team player one can be or what we represent as supporting a charity or volunteer work. These sites can be used for good, if we only educate ourselves and others as to the pit falls of improperly using them and the consequences that can and do actually happen on a daily basis.
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