Week 5 EOC: Privacy

Even though on line shopping has become one of the most popular forms of shopping today, many are still nervous to order anything online because they are worried about there card information being stolen. They have reason to proceed with caution since some companies such as Zappos have been hacked and many had their card information stolen. “Online retailer Zappos.com and its discount affiliate, 6pm.com, disclosed Sunday a data breach that compromised customer account information such as billing addresses and the last four digits of credit card numbers.” Article. Chicago Tribune. For many people finding out about this it just gives them more reason to fear what information they put online such as addresses or keeping their cards on file.Many people are nervous about buying things online due to what they think can be a privacy issue yet they are willing to have a facebook account that shows where they live and work. What they don’t know is that people are stealing the information on their social media site to help influence marketing. “Big search engines and social media websites exist to farm us for our personal data and sell it on to marketing companies.” Article. Wendy Crockcroft Web Design. As proof has shown you are not completely safe online not only are people trying to find news to get your card information they are even using your private thoughts by following what you do in order to make more money. “Keeping our private details away from prying eyes has never been more important — or difficult. With a raft of proposed legislation that threatens to spy on our everyday use of the internet and the recent allegations of cybertracking by Google and Facebook, you've got to wonder if it's possible at all to have our world wide web cake and eat it.” Article. Wendy Crockcroft Web Design.