Samantha Thick

My Data Identity: As Private as Social Media can be

Living in the Age of Information is both exciting and terrifying because of the endless opportunities and unknowns. One of the biggest debates during this information revolution has been privacy and what it means. Some believe privacy is a luxury of the past and as the world becomes more digital we must give it up, others believe we must do everything in our power to keep as much of ourselves private as possible and it wrong that companies are "stealing" this information from us. My personal data identity falls somewhere in between these two arguments. I believe in technological evolution and digitalizing the future to connect the world and make it more accessible to people everywhere. I also firmly believe my information is mine and mine alone and I should have the sole ability to decide what gets shared and who uses it.

I have taken the efforts necessary to implement my data identity into how I use social media and the internet to the best of my ability. From what I found in this project, I am happy with the results and what my public information persona appears as. Being public and social yet also private and personal is actually much easier than many may think, so I'm hoping to educate both sides of the above arguments on how they can personalize what their internet portfolio looks like.