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Preserving your privacy online
by Emily Wojcik
Posting personal
information online
can lead to more than
just awkward social
situations.
comprehensive protection for
online information sharing,
it’s up to you to protect your
privacy.
Connecting with others can change lives, and social
networking is one of the most
popular ways to connect online.
According to the Los Angeles
Times, Facebook is poised to hit
one billion members this August.
At the end of last year, Twitter
reported an average of 11 new
users per second.
Although social networking
may offer an opportunity
for connections beyond your
hometown, it can carry risks
to personal privacy, which
in turn can lead to problems
maintaining job security—
particularly if an employer
doesn’t yet know that someone
has MS.
“There’s a trend now where
companies have begun to use
‘social intelligence’ as part of
standard background checks,”
says Nikki J. Means, CEO of
Project Socialize, a Cincinnati-based social media marketing
company. “Many now engage
in social media checks.” And
since the Americans with
Disabilities Act does not provide
BEPPE GIACOBBE
Shield your information
As social networking sites like
Facebook periodically change
privacy settings, it becomes
important to be vigilant about
what is publicly available on
your profile. If you’re not careful,
you might share more than you
intended.
