Here are a few updates on the topic of “Online Privacy” that was posted on my Blog (November 21, 2008).
Elizabeth Church, in the December 23 Globe and Mail (Where everybody knows your teenaged musings) explores the ramifications of Web postings on the Web. “Seth Tee got his first Hotmail account in Grade 4. By high school he was posting content on the Web. Now, at the sober age of 22, the University of British Columbia student realizes his teenage musings are just “a Google search away” for the rest of the world, and there is not much he can do to take them back.” In an effort sensitise students to the potential pitfalls of Web postings, UBC (University of British Columbia) has developed the “digital tattoo” project. (Visit: http://digitaltattoo.ubc.ca/).
To help users understand the consequences of posting personal information on Web, specifically, on Social Networks sites, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has a short 3 min video: Privacy on Social Networks: What does a friend of a friend of a friend need to know about you?
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Educators should read Ericka Mellon’s article “Teachers face dilemma with Facebook; Educators find benefits, pitfalls when adding students as friends on the social networking Web site” posted in the December 20th Houston Chronicle.
