Privacy & Confidentiality

Privacy is the right of one person to control, and timing how and in what way he/she shares personal information or activities with others. Confidentiality is the protection of someone’s privacy. Unfortunately, privacy and confidentiality are affected with new media. The internet does not protect its users. The information shared on the internet can be easily accessed and read by anyone. Even email accounts that are supposed to be secure by a password can be hacked, which means the violation of our privacy and confidentiality. New media is definitely advancement in technology but other things, like our private information, are put in jeopardy. With the social networking sites, the privacy issue is increasing along with the popularity of these websites.  Many people do not know what type of information to post online, and they make the mistake of exposing their lives in public to everyone in the online community.