Privacy

There are several issues that arise with privacy and confidentiality in new media. Without realizing it we disclose a lot of details about our personal lives. Especially on social media, we are able to post and share pictures and details about our locations. It is important that we be careful about what we post and when we post, because that information negatively against you. Even though many websites are encrypted and supposedly secured there are still some cases in which data is breached or hacked. There have many cases where social media accounts have been hacked and sensitive information has been leaked. This is a common case we see with celebrity social media accounts, last year there were many celebrity accounts that were hacked and used to leak private photos of them. There have also been cases in which bank accounts have been hacked through use of online banking or mobile apps.

If you Google search yourself, it is very likely that you will find at least one picture of yourself that is probably from one of your social media accounts. It is important to be conscious about what you post because what you post can be possibly be viewed by anyone, even if you think it is a private post.