Half of students fear Facebook posts will affect job prospects
Students are more worried if Facebook postings would come
back to haunt them in life later. A new survey has revealed that almost half of
students are worried that personal details they have shared on social networking
sites, such as Facebook, as well as elsewhere online, might affect their future
career prospects.
The survey, carried out by YouGov for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO),
found that four out of 10 students (42 per cent) are concerned that Facebook postings
could come back to haunt them in later life. It also revealed that many students
are not adequately protecting themselves against the risk of identity theft. The
researchers found that a third of students who have lived at several addresses while
at university still have not arranged the redirection of their most important post
to their current university address.
Two thirds of students have never checked their credit rating, allowing
suspicious credit applications to go unnoticed. "In tough times, young people are
clearly less relaxed about privacy, particularly in relation to information that
they post online - but many may not know what they can do about it," the Telegraph
quoted Christopher Graham, the information commissioner, as saying. The ICO study
has been released to coincide with the launch of its new 'Student Brand Ambassador'
campaign - a nationwide project aimed at raising young people's awareness of information
rights.
Courtesy: Yahoo
