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As social networking became more widespread, facebook opened up more products and increased its users. Job seekers are starting to see the negative effect of posting or private information on facebook as they more and more employers access facebook and use private information of these jobseekers in the hiring process. This aspect has lead to look at Corporate Social Responsibility of implications of Facebook's privacy policy
Facebook outlines the following about private policy
Facebook is meant to share information with others such as friends and individual within your network. but, at the same time provide the user with controls that can bar other third parties from viewing user's information. Facebook allows the user to decide which information friends and other people can access. Face book's network system and user's privacy setting permits the user to make informed decisions concerning who can access the user's information. Facebook does not share contact information with third parties without the permission of the user. Facebook shares private information with third parties in very limited cases where the company believes that such sharing is a) reasonably essential to provide the services, b) legally needed, or c) allowed by the user (Facebook.com).
When examined at a glance, facebook's privacy policy seems comprehensive. It safeguards personal privacy right. However, looking at the privacy clause outlined on the facebook site, the default account settings permits anybody in a shared network to access a user's complete profile. At the same time, through facebook Development Platform, facebook allows third parties who accept to follow the Platform's Terms of Service that entail restrictions to access, data storage and usage of that data some rights to access member's personal information. However, facebook states that it undertakes contractual and technical measures to limit possible abuse of such information by the third parties. Yet, facebook goes on to state that it cannot and does not promise that al third parties in this arrangement will follow they agreement they have entered (Facebook.com).
Basically, facebook underline that it will try to protect its users' private information...
A good example is of Dan Hornig a top HRM at Novo Recruitment uses 35% of his working hours researching on company clients, and this includes examining information on social sites like facebook (Kennedy and Macko, 2009). Mr. Dan Horning is an example of a third part who has signed an agreement with facebook regarding Facebook Development Platform terms, and who can access hundreds of university students and potential clients' social profile from facebook they way he pleases (Kennedy and Macko, 2009). But as this goes on, facebook declines to take responsibility. This is just one example; other examples in the previous years have demonstrated lack of privacy outlined in the facebook Privacy Policy.
Conclusion
We are currently living in the era of information sharing and regardless of the different views about social networking sites, it is essential that people understand the risks and benefits of using this sites. In the current circumstances, regardless of whether a person has provided information on the facebook or merely exists in cyberspace, protection of private information is a critical issue. A large proportion of users on facebook do so by limiting those who can view their profiles, but many others do not know the strict requirement for protecting one's online information.
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