Is it legal to post pictures of kids at daycare on your facebook page,without asking parents?
This is actually a big question right now that is getting a lot of legal wheels turning, but it isn't completely clear. Facebook has been around for a while, but laws haven't really evolved to the point where they need to be to adapt to a huge online social sphere. It may seem a little harsh, but she is actually in the wrong if she is publishing photos on facebook of children without the parents' permissions. The penalty for doing so varies depending on your state. If your child is one of the kids and you feel uncomfortable you can either contact facebook about it or file an injunction with the help of an attorney.
My husband won't accept my friend request on Facebook?
Make a fake account and be friends with him.
Does Facebook have the right to ask for my government ID?
I don't believe this is something that is actually happening to just anyone. Facebook asked for my ID when I wanted to change my last name after I got married. They needed proof that I wasn't changing it to something fake, that I was representing my real name. However, I was able to easily change my last name (to my husband's name, my maiden name hyphenated in the opposite order, a made up mashup of our names, and lastly I was able to be Libby LibbyEgan) without incident and I've seen countless others on facebook change their names to silly, fake things and it's clear they never had to prove it. My husband didn't encounter any resistance when he changed his last name, either. I don't know why, but wanting to change to my real, actual married name triggered something in their system and I couldn't get around it. If I wanted my real name on facebook I had to send them a photo of my ID with my real name on it.
Does VPN hide your browsing information from your employer, your internet service provider, or the websites you visit?
Thanks for A2AAs others have pointed out, VPN'S operate in a very specific manner.Here's what a VPN does not do;DNS Encrypt I.P. traffic behind a firewallRoute beyond VPN Tunnel I.P.'SVPN's simply secure (encapsulated) I.P. traffic between two points, be they on a LAN, WAN that transports traffic through two or more routing points. This is accomplished using encryption. It will not hide from your employer where you have been out what your computer has downloaded if the company has traffic sniffers installed on its network. ISP's generally speaking, do not use such tools, but they can and do manage DNS servers that may prevent what internet hosts are visible to you.VPN's only work if they are compatible with your router and / or software. HTTPS is a form of VPN that many web portals use. All traffic sent during a HTTPS session is encrypted. Your employer and ISP would know that you visited this site, but not know what information you downloaded, sent or viewed. Both Google and Microsoft use HTTPS as do others including Facebook.HTTPS is not as strong or flexible as dedicated VPN hardware and software, but it's pretty good. Your browser's cache history is not natively encrypted and if not emptied on a regular basis (or browser set to incognito), would allow an employer to see what information has been downloaded.ISP's in some countries are now (or proposing) required by law to keep logs of a user's web browsing history for up to a year. This is part of the Anti-Copyright Treaty Agreement (ACTA) regarding intellectual property rights negotiations currently underway.
Is it okay for parents to look through their child's phone to read their text messages and internet history? My parents do this and I’m 13. It makes me uncomfortable.
No. Parents should not go through private settings in a child's phone. Here is the kicker. Most parents think it is their right to surf their child's phone because they pay the bill and it is their home. Have I gone through any of my 4 children's phones? Yes. I'm not happy about this although I think what I found might defuse this argument in some families tonight. I have never read or discovered anything in any of their phones that I didn't already know or that surprised me. My shameless behavior was unnecessary and I knew this each time I did it. What I did was violate my kids privacy and worse breaking the trust we had built in each other. I was never caught but I knew what I had done.If you are a parent thinking of doing what I did, hear me first. Be prepared to find nothing. Unless you are going through the heartbreak of teenage drug use, bullying, pregnancy, drinking etc., you are not going to find anything in that phone that is worth the guilt you will feel. If your child was in trouble you would be doing more than reading text messages, tweets and Facebook posts. Their phone would be the last thing on your mind. Leave the phone alone and sit your child down and start talking! They will let you know just enough to ease your worried mind and your silly curiosity. Let your great kid have the earned privilege of privacy.
Should employers be allowed to check on social networking sites before hiring you?
Absolutely. If you choose to put your personal information on the internet, anyone has the right to look at it. All the social sites have the option to set the profiles to private so that only people you allow can access them. All of my social sites are private, because they include information such as my children's names, birthday messages to friends, those types of things. But if you google me, several things will pop up, including the domain name and site I own for work...nothing bad at all. If you are stupid enough to publish nude photos or something with your name attached to it, or put on the internet in a public profile that you drink or use drugs, or whatever, then you are obviously not responsible enough to do more than flip burgers. and if you are announcing to the world that you went out last night and got trashed with your friends and slept till noon, why should even mcdonalds hire you?
Is it legal to post video onto facebook of a live concert taken from my phone?
No, the concert ends up being the property of the band and the promoters. That's why they have big signs all over the place, on the ticketing sites and probably on your ticket that video and audio recorders and recording is prohibited. It doesn't matter what device the audio or video recorder is attached to, the end result is the same: a recording. It also doesn't matter that you aren't making money off the recording, the band and their promoter aren't making money off of their efforts and material and that's the distinction. Now, will they sue you are will the police come for you if you post it? No. They don't have that kind of time. The most that will likely happen is YouTube or you will get a letter asking for the video to be removed. As long as the video is removed, there will not be any further actions.
Should employees be allowed to criticize their employers in a public forum such as a blog?
I said no and this is why..... Do you agree with me No, I do not think that employees should be allowed to criticize their employers in a public forum such as a blog. I said no because if you don’t like who you work for then quit. Even though it is “Freedom of speech”, I still disagree. Blogging is an issue when the blogger in some way interferes with the interest of another individual or organization, such as bad-mouthing or sharing information that shouldn’t be shared. Employees must learn their own rights and responsibilities regarding blogging. Personal information should not be posted over a blog. Today blogs are being used by outsiders to reveal the personal lives of public safety, as well as to reveal inside information. Blogging is like a diary that is posted on the internet by an individual. If you don’t like your work you two options. 1. Is to keep your mouth shut and work or 2. Walk out the door and quit. If someone doesn’t like their job they should be mature about it and quit not blog about it. An employer has the right to fire someone who works for them and criticizes them.
Can you sue Facebook for them deactivating your account?
I have seen a profile of a guy who bully's everyone and says such horrible things about his family life. Ppl have reported him and said he's doing nothing wrong. He posted a status saying his father is a lawyer and explained that if Facebook deactivates his account for bullying he'll sue them for deactivating. Basically what I'm wanting to know is; is that even possible to sue for deactivation?