In fairness, it’s a question you could ask of any social company ). It gives a nice cross-reference of Google’s history, missteps, and how the general public views online search, privacy and tracking. For example: I didn’t know that Google had been listed as “Hostile to Privacy” in 2007 by Privacy International, which is the lowest rating you can get. don’t know – I never thought I’d see the day when I preferred Zuckerberg’s machine over anything else when it comes to privacy and operations. MORE >>

Back in July 2010, I wrote a post called “52 Cool Facts About Social Media” I wanted to have a look at some of the mind-boggling and truly impressive numbers from this space we play in. also wanted to offer a fun fact for every week of the year, for anyone playing social media trivia games. So, to bring some of these figures up to date, as well as include some of the newer names on the scene, here’s 52 cool facts about social media, the 2012 edition. 25% of users don’t bother with any kind of privacy control. Enjoy! MORE >>

design, is causing users to take a hard look at what constitutes personal privacy. There are many pieces of information people use to conduct daily business on the Internet that shouldn’t be publicly shared, such as credit card information or Social Security numbers. Many are also concerned with the unintended consequences of content shared on social media channels like Facebook and Twitter. With social media usage becoming even more widespread, more accounts of privacy violations are sure to arise. Social Media facebook privacy twitter MORE >>

then created the following video (which I uploaded to YouTube here ) showing how I implement the myriad of Facebook privacy settings. Please watch this and share it with your friends and colleagues (and I apologize it is lengthier than I anticipated) for an educational how-to on Facebook privacy. Thanks! -- Ari Herzog thanks you for reading Inside Look at Facebook Privacy Settings on his blog. How Bloggers and Webmasters Violate Your Privacy With Google Analytics. Embracing 5770 with Humor, Heritage, Social Media, and Birthright Israel. MORE >>

Tweet Last week we held a senior executive round table event at Claridges and one of the topics of discussion was about the proposed European Union (EU) directive on data privacy and the potential impact of this on social media. As current EU data laws were created in 1995, before the rise of  Facebook and other social networking sites, the EU has proposed a new directive on data privacy which is due to come into place in January 2012. Jo Stratmann Social media Social networks EU data privacy Social media privacy MORE >>