Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Protecting privacy has become a major concern for most social network users because of increased difficulties of controlling the online data.This article presents an assessment of the common privacy related risks of social networking sites.Open and hidden privacy risks of active and passive online profiles are examined and increasing share of social networking in these phenomena is discussed.Inadequacy of available legal and institutional protection is demonstrated and the effectiveness of precautionary measures for protecting sensitive data is evaluated.
Source: Journal of Yaşar University
DOI: 10.19168/jyu.22994
Author: Mehmet Cudi Okur
Institution: Yaşar University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1770618751