Tag Archives: Privacy

Social media supervision on the job

Posted on March 21, 2012 by marcusmessner

A state government department in Maryland has asked job applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords. While questions about marital status and family background are generally off limits during job interviews, this trend raises many privacy concerns. At the same … Continue reading →

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What to do about the Google privacy changes?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by marcusmessner

Google changes its privacy policy, combining data from all of its services into a consolidated user profile that makes it more efficient for advertisers to target consumers. Why is Google merging all of its privacy settings into one and what … Continue reading →

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Privacy concerns over changes at Google and Facebook

Posted on January 28, 2012 by marcusmessner

Google introduces a new privacy and data aggregation policy for all of its platforms and Facebook makes its Timeline feature mandatory for all of its users. Both of these changes raise privacy concerns for millions of users worldwide. Bryan DeVasher, … Continue reading →

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Are news media poisoning public opinion?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by marcusmessner

The cases involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony have shown some news organizations at their worst. Prejudging the outcomes of these cases, news outlets had to make 180-degree turns in their reporting when the two cases had surprising twists. CBS … Continue reading →

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