Privacy is more than providing view settings

6.11.2007 von admin.

David Recordon from SixApart has just given a great talk at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. Explaining the movement from centralized social networks to a more decentralized world, he mentioned that “enbaling privacy will get harder” but it would still be possible. Glad to hear that there is hope! However, discussions around privacy in social networks at the moment address only the service of providing the user with view settings, meaning the user determines who can view which type of personal data. That is only part of the story. Yes, it gives some control to the user to obvious data he puts on his site but in lots of cases, the user may get some false sense of privacy. Other processes need to be addressed such as making sure the user understands who is using his data (third parties), what the data would be used for (data mining), and where the data is transferred to (cross-border transfers). At the same time, he should be able to specify the purpose his personal data is used for. And this not only about his photos and Email address on the social networking site, it is about all the data the user provides in the context of the service. Visit my presentation on Thursday, November 8 at 09:00 am at the Web 2.0 Expo. I will elaborate on this subject.

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