Young People Care Very Much About Their Privacy
According to a study released by the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania the declarations made by a some social networking service providers that privacy was dead seems to be extremely premature. Responses to the questions posed by researchers on social networking user attitudes make it clear that people relate the posting of personal information online with the sharing of a credit card in a physical transaction. Control of the information should always remain with the data subject, and under no circumstances should it be used without their expressed permission and effective notice to give or reject a request. One important point although young people are very familiar with digital technology they know very little about their right to privacy online.
Young adults concerned about online privacy, Wired PR News, April 19, 2010
