ISY1000 Information Technology Assignment
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Running head: FACEBOOK USER PRIVACYFACEBOOK USER PRIVACYName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1FACEBOOK USER PRIVACYExecutive Summary:Aim of the report is to understand the necessity of user privacy system in social net5workingsites by studying a case related to the problems of leakage of information from world’slargest social networking site, Facebook. The case study briefly describes about the problemsof the users due the ineffectiveness of the privacy systems of Facebook. User information arenot protected as claimed by the organisation and information is being leaked to third partyapplication. These concerns recommends that a social networking site must integrate a properprivacy policy and system to protect user information.
2FACEBOOK USER PRIVACYTable of ContentsIntroduction:...................................................................................................................3Idea of User Privacy:......................................................................................................3Initial Problem from the Case Study:.........................................................................4Problems Regarding Privacy:.....................................................................................5Responsibilities of Facebook and Users:.......................................................................6Protective Measures for Privacy Policy:........................................................................7A Privacy Issue:.............................................................................................................8Conclusion:....................................................................................................................9Recommendation:..........................................................................................................9References:...................................................................................................................11
3FACEBOOK USER PRIVACYIntroduction:Facebook is world’s largest social networking site. Social networking sites are thenetwork to build up communication and relationship among the people all around the worldusing internet. It is a faster method than face to face communication and provides a largerarea of communication (Brenner & Smith, 2013). Social networks can be classified intoseveral categories like personal, location, content sharing and other networks (Brenner andSmith, 2013). This classification depends on the purpose of the network as well as theinformation which are being shared by that network. Facebook is a social networking site,founded by Mark Zuckerberg, which allows users profile creating, photos and videos andaudio uploading, chatting and others. Features involved with Facebook are pages, events,group and many others (Krasnova, Veltri & Günther, 2012).The report is associated with the privacy that is associated with social networkingsites, especially with Facebook. A networking site that is associated with sharing userinformation is always vulnerable as the information becomes available to everyone. Personalinformation which are being shared in the Facebook can easily be downloaded without properprivacy setting and that can further trouble the owner of the information.Aim of the report is to study a case related with the vulnerabilities and problemsrelated with policies of Facebook regarding user privacy. The allegations of Federal TradeCommission against Facebook’s policies and other problems developing in other parts of theworld due to this are mentioned in the case study.Idea of User Privacy:Social networking sites provide the platform to share personal information like data,photos, videos, audio, status update and others (Acquisti, Brandimarte & Loewenstein, 2015).
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