The Importance Of Social Networking

INTRODUCTION

The UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights and many other international and regional treaties have recognized Privacy as a fundamental human rights. It is a belief that privacy includes values like human dignity, freedom of association and freedom of speech. It has therefore become one of the most important human rights issues of the modern era. This paper highlights the growing importance, diversity and complexity of this fundamental right.

This report provides details of the state of privacy in fifty countries from around the world. It outlines the constitutional and legal conditions of privacy protection, and summarizes important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance.

A study of Facebook profiles from students at Carnegie Mellon University revealed that about 800 profiles included current resident and at least two classes being studied, theoretically allowing viewers to know the precise location of individuals at specific times. AOL attracted controversy over its instant messenger AIM which permits users to add ‘buddies’ without their knowing, and therefore track when a user is online. Concerns have also been raised over the relative ease for people to read private messages or e-mails on social networking

Parents, schools, and social networking sites are working on various social solutions to the privacy problem.

Personal information not to be revealed:

When you visit a site, it is advised that you do not not enter your real name, your real e-mail address, nor provide other personally identifiable information that you don't wish to share. Never give personal details unless you know have to use the browser. The houses that have kids should have additional security such as clear rules for the children so that they do not reveal personal information without prior permission.

Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser:

"Cookies" are tid-bits of information that Web sites store on your computer, temporarily or more-or-less permanently. These can be easily used to track which pages you load, which ads you click on, etc., and other miming activities. In many cases cookies are useful and inocuous. They may be passwords and user IDs, so that you do not have to keep retyping them every time you load a new page at the site that issued the cookie. However browsers are starting to allow user control over cookies. Netscape, for example, allows you to see a notice when a site tries to write a cookie file to your hard drive, and gives you some information about it, allowing you to decide whether or not to accept it. Other alternative