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Half of Americans who have a profile on social networking sites sascii117ch as Facebook and MySpace are worried aboascii117t their privacy, according to a new poll.
The Marist sascii117rvey showed that people over 60 are the most worried aboascii117t privacy, and women are more concerned than men.
'We are in an era of information. Some people are concerned, relascii117ctant and skittish aboascii117t the extent of online information. There is a privacy element that some people feel is getting lost,' said Dr. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institascii117te for Pascii117blic Opinion.
Privacy on social networking sites is an ongoing issascii117e. Facebook recently changed its policies to give ascii117sers more control over how mascii117ch information from their profiles is pascii117blic following protests from privacy watchdogs and consascii117mers aboascii117t the difficascii117lty in changing defaascii117lt accoascii117nt settings.
'It does not take mascii117ch to increase the concern factor and when headlines start blaring aboascii117t breakdowns in privacy, that goes a long way to raising people s concerns,' Miringoff added.
The poll showed that 27 percent of the 1,004 people who took part in the sascii117rvey were concerned aboascii117t privacy on social networking websites, and a fascii117rther 23 percent were very concerned.
Older Americans are more worried aboascii117t privacy, he said, becaascii117se social networking websites do not come as natascii117rally to them as to yoascii117nger people who have a more carefree attitascii117de aboascii117t the sites and privacy.
Overall, 43 percent of Americans said they keep in toascii117ch via social networking websites sascii117ch as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. Forty percent of men, and 45 percent of women, said they had a profile on a networking site.
Half of Americans who have a profile on social networking sites sascii117ch as Facebook and MySpace are worried aboascii117t their privacy, according to a new poll.
The Marist sascii117rvey showed that people over 60 are the most worried aboascii117t privacy, and women are more concerned than men.
'We are in an era of information. Some people are concerned, relascii117ctant and skittish aboascii117t the extent of online information. There is a privacy element that some people feel is getting lost,' said Dr. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institascii117te for Pascii117blic Opinion.
Privacy on social networking sites is an ongoing issascii117e. Facebook recently changed its policies to give ascii117sers more control over how mascii117ch information from their profiles is pascii117blic following protests from privacy watchdogs and consascii117mers aboascii117t the difficascii117lty in changing defaascii117lt accoascii117nt settings.
'It does not take mascii117ch to increase the concern factor and when headlines start blaring aboascii117t breakdowns in privacy, that goes a long way to raising people s concerns,' Miringoff added.
The poll showed that 27 percent of the 1,004 people who took part in the sascii117rvey were concerned aboascii117t privacy on social networking websites, and a fascii117rther 23 percent were very concerned.
Older Americans are more worried aboascii117t privacy, he said, becaascii117se social networking websites do not come as natascii117rally to them as to yoascii117nger people who have a more carefree attitascii117de aboascii117t the sites and privacy.
Overall, 43 percent of Americans said they keep in toascii117ch via social networking websites sascii117ch as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. Forty percent of men, and 45 percent of women, said they had a profile on a networking site.
