Security of Personal Data in Social Networking Services

social networking service, baiting, doxing

Authors

  • Bianca-Mihaela CHIRIC
    byankamihaella@yahoo.com (Primary Contact)
    “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy, Bucharest, Romania
2016-04-29

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In this world of technology, to keep your personal information confidential became something harder. Contributors to this are the social networks, which are some websites offering to find your friends, but for this they need some personal data. Having this data there and not knowing how to hide it from others who want to see it, you expose yourself to all sorts of crimes. This article presents what is a social networking service and how it evolved, potential threats to the security of personal data, measures to protect personal data on social networking services.