The balancing act of online privacy
3rd August 2008 by David North
Google has been under fire for stating “complete privacy doesn’t exist” but as always saying they “take privacy very seriously”.
Unfortunately they are toeing the line between providing useful services and protecting everyone’s privacy.
It seems a lot of online providers experience growing pains of user privacy including high profile reporting of websites like Facebook providing personal details that could be used by the unscrupulous.
It’s not a simple solution. I do believe that new services should expand our horizons but they must take a forward thinking attitude to privacy from the offset. In many cases providing the controls for users to be able to protect their own data as they see fit seems to be the best route to take.
