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Myspace - Impact of information systems

Friday, March 13, 2009

2:19 PM

Team Members :Mariel, Alexandra, Jessica.B

I have to find information on -
· privacy of the individual
· security of data and information
· accuracy of data and information

Privacy of an Individual
-Myspace collects personal information such as Name, Age, Address, School, Birthday, telephone number and other personal information. But not all details are required such as telephone number and home address. Myspace allows a user to choose to make their profile private or public. Does not collect information from children under 13 therefore cannot sign up. The main details they collect that is required to sign up include First name, last name, postal code, gender and date of birth. PII (personal information identifiable) is the information provided and myspace uses information provided for things that the user paricipates in application such as suverys or games. Individuals can hide certain information from the public, information such as birth dates, location etc.

Security of Data and information
-In 2005 myspace suffered from a virus that formed phishing (attemping to steal individuals information, like usernames and passwords) on the website. Example are of fake users sending messages to random users of links that are phish. Some are pretend websites that look like the real website where users input there user and password.
In 2007 myspace has changed the extrnal links to increase the security within the social networking site. Msplink domain is redirected when users click on links and this domain will detect with a website is phishing.

Accuracy of data and information
The accuracy of data and information within myspace is low. This is due to the age limit of 13 years old. This allows users to use fake details in order to create accounts. Not only the age limit but there are also users who fake information details as myspace is a free social networking site and anyone can create an account. Some people also create fake accounts for personal use. Also fake accounts can come from phising websites inorder to corrupt the social networking website.