Tag Archives: privacy

No need for names (I know yours already)

BLOGGER: NAOMI WEISER A friend of mine (let’s call her “Julia Roberts”) was horrified this week when, after carrying out a Google search, it brought up her search results together with the question: “Are you Julia Roberts?” Her identity wasn’t something she was aware she’d ever revealed to Google, but her enthusiastic patronage of social media sites had unfortunately apparently connected too many dots together. This instantly reminded me of a conversation I had with someone years ago who refused to even have a credit card. “It will reveal too much information about me” he explained. “I want to keep ... More >>

Are you in control of your data?

BLOGGER: NAOMI WEISER When I joined Facebook, I remember the legal notice at the time said something to the effect that anything you post on Facebook was their property to do with as they pleased. Slightly worrying, but I kept it in mind when adding information, making sure it wasn’t too personal. I also checked the privacy settings and rather smugly thought everything was somewhat under control. That was until a hiccup by Facebook admin last year meant I couldn’t access my Facebook profile for weeks. I couldn’t even remove my profile to let my friends know that I was ... More >>