Privacy & Confidentiality

Privacy and confidentiality are major factors in the world of new media.  Today, a large portion of civilizations information and records are online or performed online.  For example, banking online has changed the banking industry.  We are now able to deposit a check using your own cell phone through certain banks applications.  Although this is a great luxury for citizens, certain situations occur that can make people see negatives about these doings.  For example, to get access to your bank account online you must log in with a username and password which is extremely easy.  It is also easy for hackers to gain access to your information.  Not only just for bank websites but for email accounts as well as online shopping accounts.  This is a major issue of privacy and confidentiality that is related to new media as computers and the internet are parts of new media.  These hackers can gain access to your financial records as well as other parts of your information that was meant to be kept confidential.  New media such as social media also has some issues with privacy and confidentially.  For example, people can find out where your exact coordinates of where you are at at just the tap of a button.  Most people enable their location on their phone for the use of navigation and car service applications such as Uber and Lyft.  With these locations enabled, also gives people the knowledge of knowing where you are through Facebook, Instagram, and other forms of social media.  These are just two of the many issues that privacy and confidentiality come across through the use of new media.