Due to the impact of the pandemic period and advancing technology, social life and social media have become an integral whole. However, serious changes and transformations are taking place in social terms for both the individual and society.
Thanks to these changes in the means of communication, the power of communication and interaction of social media has increased and become easier than ever before in history.
Thus, access to private habitats, privacy of individuals became easier, and attacks increased considerably. But these problems are not due to technology, but due to the fact that technology is used by people outside its intended purpose. This brings with it a number of different dangers.
Regarding the sharing of personal data on social media; Prof. Dr. Faruk, the head of the organization for the protection of personal data is known
“The fact that our personal data is publicly available makes us more likely to become the target of malicious individuals or groups, or even cyber attackers”
He makes his comment.
Explicit consent to the processing of personal data is not sought if it is public. For example, your information that you share publicly on social media can easily be processed by others. For this reason, the protection of personal data on social media is increasing day by day.
Sharing personal data of a special nature on social media
The law on the protection of personal data states that explicit consent will not be obtained as a result of the disclosure of your information shared on social media. Therefore, shared open address information, location information, phone number and email information can make the data subject a potential target. Today, the vast majority of fraud cases are committed through personal data that individuals themselves unknowingly and haphazardly share.
The “phishing” messages sent to these shared contacts target private life data and financial information.
In addition, sharing personal data on social media makes it easier for parents to access the images and other personal data that parents often share about their children.
One in four parents is known to use their social media account in its public feature. The sharing can reveal the sensitivities of the person himself and his family. Sensitivities that fall into the hands of people we do not know turn into weaknesses that carry risks and damage lives when used with malicious intent.
Moreover, although the information shared in these media and personal data protection platforms is private to the individual, the privacy of private life is decreasing day by day with new information added to the digital environment every day.
Based on the digital footprint we leave on social media, algorithms can perform a profiling process with our actions such as what we read, watch, searches and likes. With this created “profile” it is also possible to obtain more personal data about the person.
In short, the law on the protection of personal data does not have too great sanctions on that data, since the data we share on social media contains our own consent. Responsibility for this falls on us. We must take into account the duty of protection of personal data on social media and take care not to share data that will affect our privacy and privacy.
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