At the Future of Privacy Forum’s special program for Data Privacy Day, the issue was online privacy and your online reputation. Addressing the key issues of concern were Nat Wood (FTC’s Consumer and Business Education Bureau), Marsali Hancock (iKeepSafe) and Jim Harper (CATO Institute).
It was interesting to hear about the challenges everyone confronts in trying to manage their online reputation. Marsali Hancock stressed the importance of teaching kids to create a positive online reputation. Nat Wood discussed the tools that could serve to assist kids and parents. Industry privacy tools and practices are also good solutions and it’s important to provide an environment for industry to work together to develop best practices and effective tools for consumers to use to protect their privacy and reputation online.
While we focus on educating our youth about privacy and how to protect their online reputation, this is not just a kids problem. Increasingly, adults and older adults are participating on social networks, posting photos, sharing information and communicating online. There is a need for all generations to manage their online reputations. It’s important that consumers be aware of what they can do to create a positive reputation online and to know about the privacy tools that can help protect their personal information – and to know how to use them. As consumers take steps to protect themselves online, we also need to make sure that network providers are responsible and can react to consumer’s needs on the Internet.
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August 10th, 2011 at 10:34 pm
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