1. my space explained
Did you know when you join a network site like my space its like
-Signing your privacy away?
Roya
Internet studies 303
2. Policy- what is it you might ask?
It is a formal, brief, and high-level statement or a plan that
embraces an organizations general beliefs, goals, objectives, and
acceptable.
Further defined by standards and guidelines.
3. What's MySpace?
is a social networkingwebsite My space became the most popular
social networking site in the United States in June 2006.
MySpace collects your email address, first and last name, postal
code, gender, and date of birth from you in order to register you
as a Member (Registration Data)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace
4. What is the Term of Use?
The terms of the condition of an agreement between you and any
social working site.
You must agree to all the terms.
You must be aware that their policy can change without notifying
you.
You have the right to change or deactivate your account, but beware
once your online things are never private anymore.
5. Terms of service "ToS" are rules by which one must agree to
abide by in order to use a service
The terms of Service bind you whether you are a member or a
visitor.
You or MySpace can end the membership anytime without notice. Some
parts of this agreement, for example liability for inappropriate
content, copyright violation or waiver of your rights will,
however, remain binding even after termination.
MySpace may charge fees for its services and to change them from
time to time. You dont get any refund on termination.
MySpace expressly reserves the right to remove your profile and/or
deny, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any
part of the MySpace Services if MySpace determines, in its sole
discretion, that you have violated this Agreement or pose a threat
to MySpace, its employees, business partners, Users and/or the
public. Even after Membership is terminated, this Agreement will
remain in effect
MySpace can use or edit your content.
http://www.myspace.com/help/terms
6. Did you read the tOS when you joined MySpace or Did you just
click and agree to it all?
7. Who can join
As soon as your 13 you can join.
Join a networking site when your just 13. while other laws require
you to be much older.
You don't need parents permission.
Its free as long as you give your personal details.
You must agree to 2 services terms of use (TOS), and Privacy Policy
(PP)
8. One thing you should always remember
READ Before You SIGN
What you need to realise what you put on your site becomes the
property of My Space and it will be available always even when you
terminate and deactivate your site.
9. The policy at MySpace, which is owned by News Corp., raises
serious questions about your commitment to develop and maintain
strong privacy protections for consumers, Rockefeller wrote to
MySpaces Michael Jones.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/rockefeller-presses-facebook-myspace-on-privacy-plans-senate-legislation.html
10. My space under Fire
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller pressed
executives of Facebook Inc. and MySpace Inc. for information about
breaches involving personal information and vowed to write
legislation protecting privacy.
Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, said he is troubled by
reports that users of the sites had personal details transferred to
third-parties without their knowledge.
11. Is it mine or my spaces
They can also change the TOS (terms of service ) without advising
you.
In addition, MySpace collects other Related Data and non-PII
including IP address, aggregate user data, and browser type. This
data is used to manage and improve the MySpace Services, track
usage, and for security purposes.
12. The internet is not safe
The Internet is NOT a private place. Keep your personal information
to yourself.
MSNBC has reported that "social-networking sites like MySpace are
turning out to be hotbeds for spyware," and "infection rates are on
the rise, in part thanks to the surging popularity of
social-networking sites like MySpace.com."
13. According to Alison Kiss, program director for Security on
Campus, social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook
have made it easier for stalkers who target women on college
campuses.
14. On MySpace your profile is either public or private, there
is no in between
There is no between the circle you are either in one or the other.
You either have full privacy or none at all.
privacy
No-privacy