Privacy & Confidentiality

After writing my term paper on privacy and confidentiality, I can safely say that I am scarily aware of the privacy concerns that new media brings. Although clearly stated in their privacy policies, how many of us actually read what we are agreeing to. Many of us do not know that our private information is being collected and distributed to third party users. Privacy has become a bigger concern now because the generation being exposed to new media is getting younger and younger. They are naive and don't realize the dangers of posting their information on social media sites. The increased rates of crimes being committed through new media forums such as Facebook and craigslist is rather alarming and we just don't realize just how dangerous new media can be. With advancing technology, we must ask ourselves...what is privacy and confidentiality and we must ponder it's existence.