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Americans continue to expect control over their personal information, but have softened some of their views about privacy.The nature of personal information is changing in the age of Web 2.0 Searching for Self: "Curiouser and Curiouser" 47% of internet users have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago. CONSULTATION 1-800-851-4863 Call today for a FREE consultation and protect your name and your companies 11% of internet users have a job that requires them to self-promote or market their name online. Those motivated by work-related expectations are more active in monitoring their presence online. Public personae are more likely to say that a wide range of personal content (both creative and mundane in nature) is available online. However, public personae have not widely embraced social networking tools for professional or personal uses. One in five working adults in the U.S. say their employer has policies or guidelines about self-presentation online. Few regularly repeat their personal name searches. Most who have the inclination to conduct a personal name search find relevant results. Those who search for their own name see a familiar footprint. Nearly nine in ten internet users who locate information about themselves say that most of what they find is accurate, up from 74% five years ago. Measuring Our Online Footprint: The Trails of 2.0 One in three online adults say their home address and information about who they work for is available online. Many users are uncertain about the availability of their email address. Just one in ten internet users believe that information about their political party affiliation is available online. Users often share "second degree" personal information through content posted on social media sites. One in three adult internet users has posted creative content online. Social Networking Profiles: With adults, transparency is the norm. Most internet users feel as though it would be "pretty easy" for someone to locate or contact them based on the information available about them online. Young adults, many of whom maintain a profile on a social networking site, are more likely than other internet users to believe it would be "very difficult" for someone to locate or contact them. _______________________________________________ Shtoom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/shtoom
