4 privacy features you won't find in your settings

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• Every time you download a smartphone app, you allow developers to see some of your information, from your name to address book, Twitter account information, locations and photos.
• No to goetags - posting photos on sisal networks can be seen as harmless however people are able to see what information your smartphone tags to it such as your location.
• 'Berkeley, and the International Computer Science Institute put together a super-creepy project that shows just how much information you’re sharing when you post on Twitter and Instagram'
• Go underground - If you take privacy seriously you wouldn't use social networks that pass on information to advertisers.

California allows minors to delete social media posts, with 'erase' law

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California is now requiring social media companies to allow young users to delete unwanted posts on the internet. 'The first-in-the-country law is being hailed as a goos step. especially in the adsnece of a federal law', in giving internet users under the age of 18 a chance to remove 'regrettable postings that preserve their reputation'.

"This puts privacy in the hands of kids. teenagers and the parents, not under the control of an anonymous tech company" - James Steyer.

But this previous post discusses the idea of not being able to truly delete anything off the internet.

Mom’s Social Media ‘Lesson’ for Her Daughter Blows Up in Her Face

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This news story demonstrates how fast something travels on the internet, and the amount of personal information a person can find out from one small thing like a photo and the number of people it affects.

Big Data Summit 2014: Youth social media oversharing “a real challenge” for workplace data privacy

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'A young generation brought up with no qualms about sharing absolutely everything on Facebook is presenting a real challenge to data privacy policies in the workplace.'

There a discussions of the ethics of managing privacy on the internet, where a younger generation of audiences are not having the 'right' attitudes toward what information they are sharing on the internet and who they are sharing it with. 


There is an example of here that proves that you can be sure that anything will be kept confidential.

The withering of secrecy: Technology reveals your life on social media

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'How easy is it to use social media to find out what people are doing, without them realizing they are being watched?'

This article show just how quickly someone can find out for personal information and track your every move without your knowledge, and the amount of information people have access to may surprise you. 

Borrowers angry at social media lender spying

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Here is another example of surveillance, where people are unaware of exactly who is watching and tracking their every move, every word and every action.

Your online freedom is worth fighting for, isn't it?

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"What might the thousands of words and images sent out by a teenager today be used for decades down the line, not to mention the gigabytes of data representing their recorded actions and preferences?" 

There are agencies that help in dealing with online protection. For example if you need your identity removed from any sites, for example news stories or pictures that have been uploaded without your permission, for a price they will help working on getting it deleted. - Reputation.com

However, there is always risk of the 'Streisand effect' - spreading what you don't want to draw notice to around the internet. 

In the 1990s a man call Mario Costeja had financial problems and had to sell his house to pay off a debt, this ended up in the news and this information was the first thing that would come up when you Googled his name. The information was misleading and has ruined his reputation socially and professionally.

How do you know whatever has been posted hasn't been copied by someone already? So if you think you have deleted it, it probably hasn't completely deleted from the internet.

How do justify information being taken down from a website when you have posted yourself?
For example, pictures from when you were younger.
People change - but is that a valid excuse?