Topic Proposal: Facebook violating our privacy rights

With the recent boom in social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, the idea of our privacy has almost completely disappeared. It is true that many of these include privacy statements that must be agreed upon by users when signing up, but these are usually vague and are plentiful of legal jargon. Due to the fact that these are free-access websites, anyone can retrieve important information that inherently belongs to individuals. Many governments, ad agencies, and corporations use such information to collect data and develop strategies. Moreover these kinds of websites have become a primary tool for stalkers and sexual predators. Furthermore, the widespread usage of such sites makes it a greater threat to individual’s privacy rights.