Who gets to keep a secret in a hyperconnected world?Are you a public or a private person ? Regardless of whether one is the the former or the latter one thing is quite certain everyone will always cherish their privacy . I mean we live in a world where people try to mind their business but they unknowingly put their business all out in public most especially through engagements with the internet, social media to be precise .
Social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have made it easier than ever to share things online no doubt .
Be that as it may sharing something on social media is a bit different from other types of online communication. Unlike email or instant messaging, which are relatively private, the things you share on social media are more public, which obviously means they'll usually be seen by lots of other people.
Having this in mind , it will definitely be a no brainer to always think before you share any data whatsoever on the social media terrain.
While social media sites offer privacy tools to help you limit who can see the things you share, it's important to realize that they are fundamentally more open and social than traditional communication tools.
Whether or not you realize it, it is certain that the things one shares online also can affect how one is perceived by others. That's why you'll always want to think carefully about what you share over social media.
Switching from the Social media world to the Search engine clime , one might wonder if one’s personal data can be kept private as well.
Talking about privacy in the Search engine world , we’ve recently learnt Google is finally making it a dream come true in the aspect of making sure one’s personal information doesn’t show up in online search results . Of course this didn’t take days or months to happen , all it actually took was hundreds and thousands of requests to make this happen over nearly a decade.
Google recently put out new policies and tools that allow users to quickly and easily request the removal of personal data from search results.
This development came to life as a result of the fact that users had to show glaring evidence of potential harm such as identity theft to get Google to remove their information from search results .
This actually just shows that for many people, a key element of feeling safer and more private online so to say is having a great control over where their sensitive, personally-identifiable information can be found .
However , for Google also not every request is granted approval . The Search Engine company may not remove one’s personal data from search results if the information is newsworthy.
These moves by Google further cements the great importance attached to the privacy of its teeming users which I feel is highly commendable.
In conclusion, one thing is certain . There will always be pro(s) and con(s) to the burning privacy topic as regards social media use . The invasiveness of contemporary gossip sites, social media, and search engines, turns out, has a long pedigree.
Although the technologies of dissemination have changed, the impulse to portray and profit from intimate material has thrived for centuries.