Online privacy is a concern, or should be, for everyone who uses the Internet. Books can be filled with information about maintaining online privacy; yet, there is always something new that should be of concern. Generally, however, there are some things that are well known and easily available to help you with certain sites.
Weekly, it seems, there is another privacy concern raised about Facebook and its policies. Probably, the best you can do is to check your profile settings each time you login to Facebook, to ensure they have not changed. Also, seriously consider any personal information before you post it to Facebook to ensure that should it become public, you will not , um, shall we say suffer, should it become disclosed. You might also want to keep up with information your friends may post about you. Remember that party a few weeks ago, the one you were having so much fun about? Oh, you don't really remember it, only what people have told you about? You might want to keep an eye out for pictures that may not show you in your best light. You might also want to bring this topic up with your friends so that such things don't happen in the future. They may think you as somewhat of a prude, but just remind them that you also would abide by this rule so that information that may damage their careers does not propagate across the web.
Google is another site you might want to be aware of the use of your information. The article found at http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/051109-6-ways-to-protect-your.html?page=1 gives you six ways to protect your privacy while using Google. Take a look at the Google areas mentioned in the article for further information. The Google Privacy Tips feed has a number of videos about protecting your privacy in a number of areas on Google, and are short, so you do not need to spend a lot of time with them.
Until next time, remember to keep LAN Doctor in mind for your computing and networking needs. You can reach us at info@landoctor.com.
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