One of the less-publicised new features that rolled-out to all Facebook users this week, along with the much-talked-about new privacy settings is the ability to target your status updates to certain groups of people. Simply clicking on the little padlock icon that now shows up beneath the status update box brings up a plethora of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Privacy’
Facebook privacy tweaks allow targeted status updates
14 December 2009 | Posted by Henry Elliss | Head of Social Media | Social MediaTags: facebook, Privacy, status updates
Privacy prevails on Facebook
2 December 2009 | Posted by Milly Diaz | Social MediaTags: facebook, Privacy
In an open letter issued last night on the official Facebook blog, founder Mark Zuckerberg spelled the end to networks on the world’s most popular social network for the sake of privacy.
Zuckerberg also announced that users will have more control over who sees each individual piece of content created and uploaded on to the site.
As [...]
Stay safe while using social networks
18 November 2009 | Posted by Henry Elliss | Head of Social Media | Social MediaTags: bebo, bullying, facebook, MySpace, Privacy, safety, security settings, twitter, YouTube
If you listen to BBC Radio 1 at all, you will probably be aware that they’re running a campaign this week called “Bullyproof“, to tie in with national Anti-bullying week here in the UK. As well as some great advice for kids, one of the features on the site is actually very relevant to a [...]
Privacy and the economics of self regulation
30 June 2009 | Posted by Aaron Williams | Director of Technology | Social Media, Social ResponsibilityTags: corporate governance, facebook, Privacy, self regulation
What do social networking companies care more about? Money or users privacy? Personally I believe they are all there to try and make money (and why not), however this primary objective means that when it comes to a choice between protecting consumers privacy or making a profit, consumers will most likely lose out. [...]
Employers phishing on Facebook
19 June 2009 | Posted by Aaron Williams | Director of Technology | Social Responsibility, TechnologyTags: Employer, facebook, NFL, Phishing, Privacy
There have been countless stories in the press of employers monitoring staff behaviour on social networking sites, however this practice now seems to be hitting a new low.
t was recently reported on the Yahoo! Sports network that some teams in the NFL have started creating fictional profiles to trick would be future players into adding [...]
