WASHINGTON - Parents were not too trusting of social networking when it comes to safeguard the privacy of their children. Parents in the U.S. is well aware of their child's activity on social networking.
Launched by the Straits Times on Saturday (09/10/2010), three out of four parents believe that if social networks do not think too much about privacy in cyberspace security. Even they tend not to protect personal information about their children.
At least this is the result of a poll conducted by Zogby International for the Common Sense Media, a profit organization dedicated to helping families interact in the world of media and technology.
According to Zogby, approximately 92 percent of parents say if they are very concerned about the security of their children's privacy, which is considered too easy to spread information online. Even 85 percent of them have a higher level of awareness of online privacy, rather than five years ago.
The poll also found concerns about the geo-location service, which allows a person knew of the existence of others.
Approximately 91 percent of parents said that the service should the search engines and social networks do not share the existence of location information of Internet users under the age (children) to the company or anyone else, without permission from their own parents.
By sari, okezone.com, Updated: 10/9/2010 1:47 AM
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