How much privacy do we have online?

With the increase in search engines and social networking sites, how much privacy do we really have online? Apprently, not alot.

It all starts off with how much information we choose to put on line. Even if a person decides to write a blog, they can upload a picture of themselves and a write a short bio of themselves. The blog itself acts as an diary, with added features, such as the abilty to add pictures and videos, and of course the tagging tool. However, because it is an 'online diary' they share their personal thoughts, and could include name places and their location, making it easy for people to find them. They could also mention names of people who may be recognized by the people reading the blog posts.

Perhaps it's also the fact that people are naturally willing to share more information online. Some people put in information about themselves on facebook without a second fault. Do they have the right to be upset if the information they made available is used by third parties?

Facebook is a social networking site which has had numerous contrroversy over their privacy controls. There have been some times where users seem to be 'forced' to share information about themselves, that they wouldn't want people who are not on their friends list to see. However, recently, facebook have decided to temporaraily disable the feature for users to share their address and mobile number to third parties.

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