Internet Privacy: What’s Yours and What Never Was 14 April 2011 Ms. Foster and Ms. McCabe Street Law

Let’s Review… What is a copyright? – Protects original expressions, not ideas – Life of the author + 70 years – Gives the holder a set of certain rights What is the Google Library Project? – What’s the problem with it?

What does privacy mean to you? THE INTERNET YOUR PRIVACY A HELPFUL VENN DIAGRAM On Facebook? In your ? What about your chats?

What do you put on the internet? How many of you use Facebook? – Twitter? Blogger? Other social network we’re not cool enough to know about? – Gmail? – Google?

Let’s learn some terms. Cookies – When you visit a website, certain information is exchanged between your computer and that website. It is stored on your computer, and on the server of the website, in small ‘packets’ of information called cookies.

Terms, continued Metadata – Data about data…

One last term.. IP Address – Internet Protocol Address – Numerical label assigned to each device participating in a network – “A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there.” -DARPA

What’s private on Facebook? Well… That depends on what you see as ‘private’. Facebook has the right to use, store, and retain for ‘an extended period’ of time... – Your status updates – Your pictures – Your videos – Your links – Your events or groups – Your comments on other people’s content – Your wall posts (your own and those you make) – Your notes – Your chats – Your messages

What does this mean for you? Facebook's Privacy Policy Be careful. You never know what sort of job you might want in the future, or what the laws will look like 5, 10, 20 years from now.

What about Google? First, let’s talk a little about what Google owns. (A WHOLE LOT!!!) – YouTube, AOL, Picasa, Android, DoubleClick, and 89 other companies (internet marketing, service providers, search engines and social networks)

Google, continued Google's Privacy Policy What does Google know about you? – Well, it turns out quite a lot. – EVERY piece of information they collect is opt-out. – Information you provide, cookies, log information, user communications, etc., etc., etc.

Let’s see where you guys stand on privacy. Literally. Instructions: – Ms. Foster and Ms. McCabe will read a series of statements. – If you agree, stand near Ms. Mac’s desk. – If you disagree, stand near the door. – If you fall somewhere in the middle, stand somewhere in the middle.

Statement One If I meet someone new that I might be interested in, I Google them or search for them on Facebook. OR, I’ve Googled myself.

Statement Two I am comfortable with everyone in this class knowing my last ten searches on Google. – My last fifteen? – What about everything I’ve searched in the last year?

Statement Three I am totally comfortable with other people tagging and posting photos and comments of me on Facebook.

Statement Four I am comfortable with data mining about me so I can get targeted advertisements on my and on the sidebars of websites like Facebook.

Statement Five I agree with everything I’ve posted on the internet in the last three years, and I’m comfortable with colleges and employers seeing everything I’ve posted.

This is bound to stir up some controversy, right? The Winklevoss Twins John Kerry (Mass.- D) John McCain (Ariz.- R.)

The moral of the story Educate yourself. Think before you type something into the Internet. Once it’s out there, you can NEVER take it back.

Tomorrow… 1.It’s Friday! 2.We start Mock Trial prep!