Privacy & Confidentiality

The concept of privacy and confidentiality are interesting when you bring in how it is affected by new media. As most of us already know at this point, most of the things we post are no longer private information as soon as it reaches the internet. Sure we can restrict settings and who can view it on our social media sites, but most platforms have additional terms and conditions... which most of us never read. They say that once a picture is posted through their platform, it essentially becomes their property, and they can keep such pictures for as long as they want. They do the same thing for our posts or status updates, if applicable. This being said, I think it would be wise of us to apply the same privacy and confidentiality rules in our personal lives, to our social media lives. That is, limit who you allow to see what you post, and limit who can share the information you divulge. Ultimately, you are taking a big risk, but it is always wise to try your best to prevent further damage.