Social Media Privacy and Security – Developing Guidelines

Abstract

Society over that years have seen an increase on how technology impact the user daily lives. The average user spends around 11 hours each day connected to any form online. Technology has become a basic need in the 21 century users can access from a wide range from live tv, newspaper and even researching on how to perform different types of task. The average daily user spends around two and half hours on social media. Most of social media requires an exposure to detail about private life when creating account for example a: profile picture, birth day date, full name and accepting a user agreement. However, a couple of question have raised over the use of the social networking and the risk it involves. How do we know that the person that created the profile is real? What information the user provided is made public? What guides should I use for maximum protection using social media? Key Terms — Information, Privacy, Security, Social Media.