Privacy

Why is there an issue with privacy on the Internet and what is the role of cookies?

Privacy is a rapidly growing issue as people are able to gain other's personal information through techniques such as hacking into website accounts such as bank details, home addresses and phone numbers as well as credit card details. A cookie is a file that is is put on the user's hard disk and record information for websites about the visitors to their site storing info regarding the date and time it was visited and the transactions completed.


 * Research a contemporary privacy issue eg: Privacy on Facebook.**
 * State what the privacy problem was and what was done to resolve the issues.**

The aledged ethical isuue with Facebook was the storing of contacts phone numbers. In recent days users have been outraged posting status' such as "ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS in your phone are now on Facebook,". However according to News Limited this is an exaggeration of the actual circumstances. Syncing options have been around since iOS 3.1 and, like it's Gmail or Microsoft Exchange counterparts, is meant to provide users with an online backup of information external from iTunes or their physial device. The aspect that users got wrong was that the numbers are not published publically, rather they are only for the user who synced own viewing. This is the same as any other back up service.

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