This ORG called Privacy International is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on privacy invasions by governments and corporations.
The company is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. Their porpouse is to protect people all around the world against intrusion by governments and corporations.
"We believe that privacy forms part of the bedrock of freedoms, and our goal has always been to use every means to preserve it".
The web page of this organization is very informative and also has a top news section with the latest news related to privacy issues on the web. If you want to support this org, you can make your donations via Paypal.
This organization is one example of many groups of people that try to regulate the intrution by governments and corporations. This privacy issue is affecting more and more people every day. I really support this kind of initiatives and I think that should be an example for other organizations fighting for these rights.
To check out this org, please click the following link
Privacy International
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Why Privacy Issues Won't Drive People Away from Facebook - Personal Privacy Worries
An entire site has been created to promote that people should quit facebook due to privacy issues. Is expected that thousand of users will quit the social network over concerns that the site isn't offering enough in the way of privacy and security.
Facebook has faced continue criticism over the privacy and security of user information. However, is expected that more than 90% of the users will continue using the social network for many reasons. The following article give 10 reasons why the majority of people will continue using it
10 Reasons Why Privacy Issues Won't Drive People Away from Facebook
Its hard to believe that even though Facebook users are aware of the privacy issue, they are willing to continue using this social network no matter what. This behavior reflects the power and influence that this site has in the global community.
I found another very interesting article which states that nearly 17-million Indian Facebook users do not seem to be having enough privacy concerns to quit the popular social networking site. It also states that the number of ‘committed quitters’ are about 23,000 people and the number of active users, over 400 million. Check it out
Indian users may not quit Facebook on privacy issues
Facebook has faced continue criticism over the privacy and security of user information. However, is expected that more than 90% of the users will continue using the social network for many reasons. The following article give 10 reasons why the majority of people will continue using it
10 Reasons Why Privacy Issues Won't Drive People Away from Facebook
Its hard to believe that even though Facebook users are aware of the privacy issue, they are willing to continue using this social network no matter what. This behavior reflects the power and influence that this site has in the global community.
I found another very interesting article which states that nearly 17-million Indian Facebook users do not seem to be having enough privacy concerns to quit the popular social networking site. It also states that the number of ‘committed quitters’ are about 23,000 people and the number of active users, over 400 million. Check it out
Indian users may not quit Facebook on privacy issues
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