Did you know that most social networking sites DO NOT delete pictures immediately?
Digital cameras and camera phone applications that can upload photos or video content directly to the web, make publishing of personal content increasingly easy. Privacy advocates are concerned because much of a user’s personal life and social environment are revealed in these multimedia collections. Integrating photo sharing within social networking communities has also provided the opportunity for tagging, annotating and linking images to the identities of the people in them. The persistence of multimedia can be problematic. Researchers found that nearly half of the social networking sites don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed. Even after you think you have deleted a photo you can still find it in Google's caching system which is remarkably efficient at archiving copies of web content, long after it's removed from the web.
Bottom line: Users should be informed of the tools available to allow them to control their privacy and manage their privacy decisions over time.
Privacy Tool: Set a default privacy setting for your photos and adjust the visibility to public or private.
Digital cameras and camera phone applications that can upload photos or video content directly to the web, make publishing of personal content increasingly easy. Privacy advocates are concerned because much of a user’s personal life and social environment are revealed in these multimedia collections. Integrating photo sharing within social networking communities has also provided the opportunity for tagging, annotating and linking images to the identities of the people in them. The persistence of multimedia can be problematic. Researchers found that nearly half of the social networking sites don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed. Even after you think you have deleted a photo you can still find it in Google's caching system which is remarkably efficient at archiving copies of web content, long after it's removed from the web.
Bottom line: Users should be informed of the tools available to allow them to control their privacy and manage their privacy decisions over time.
Privacy Tool: Set a default privacy setting for your photos and adjust the visibility to public or private.
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