How social networks get politics to push data protection technology

In recent months we have been reading a lot about social network sites like facebook, XING and other portals making profitable use of the user data they are storing.

Politics usually react by designing legal structures which are not going to help the development of the internet. Where borders seam to evaporate, national laws are reduced to barking dogs.  With the current situation Ministers have learned their lesson and are using the social media as a tool to force social media to rethink their policies.

In recent months we have been reading a lot about social network sites like facebook, XING and other portals making profitable use of the user data they are storing.

Politics usually react by designing legal structures which are not going to help the development of the internet. Where borders seam to evaporate, national laws are reduced to barking dogs.  With the current situation Ministers have learned their lesson and are using the social media as a tool to force social media to rethink their policies.

In recent months we have been reading a lot about social network sites like facebook, XING and other portals making profitable use of the user data they are storing.

Politics usually react by designing legal structures which are not going to help the development of the internet. Where borders seam to evaporate, national laws are reduced to barking dogs.  With the current situation Ministers have learned their lesson and are using the social media as a tool to force social media to rethink their policies.

In recent months we have been reading a lot about social network sites like facebook, XING and other portals making profitable use of the user data they are storing.

Politics usually react by designing legal structures which are not going to help the development of the internet. Where borders seam to evaporate, national laws are reduced to barking dogs.  With the current situation Ministers have learned their lesson and are using the social media as a tool to force social media to rethink their policies.

Eventually ministers participate in social media portals (facebook) in order to increase the number of followers who will also support the minister’s initiative. This is very much the case with the German minister who has been increasing the pressure on facebook so that they improve their data protection policies. Eventually, she decided to cancel her facebook account and hereby motivated other people to either cancel their own accounts or reduce the quantity of material they have been leaving in facebook. Hence, social media is not just useful to build up a public image but also to influence people and companies.

On the one hand you could argue that clients might start questioning if their existing solution is going to keep within the expected or required boundaries. On the other hand, it must make clients aware that data security is not just a matter of having a firewall on the server. Good site security needs know-how and that is not for free but available at competitive prices.

But how do you get your services to a state that they will not get you into trouble?

This is not an easy question. This requires not just technical knowledge but also an insight into local data protection laws and regulations. In General: the safer the server, the database and its scripts the less you are likely to get security issues.

But what if you use the client data to earn extra cash? It is not a good idea to sell your clients data to a 3^rd party in order to finance your business plan. You need to change your income generation to make your services much more attractive to users and advertisers. Add powerful tools for targeting advertisements and you will start winning again. But you need to have real business intelligence knowledge. For that best outsource your ideas in order to speed up delivery of new services at much lower costs.

Knowledge is power but unrivaled attractiveness is tremendous.

Eventually ministers participate in social media portals (facebook) in order to increase the number of followers who will also support the minister’s initiative. This is very much the case with the German minister who has been increasing the pressure on facebook so that they improve their data protection policies. Eventually, she decided to cancel her facebook account and hereby motivated other people to either cancel their own accounts or reduce the quantity of material they have been leaving in facebook. Hence, social media is not just useful to build up a public image but also to influence people and companies.

On the one hand you could argue that clients might start questioning if their existing solution is going to keep within the expected or required boundaries. On the other hand, it must make clients aware that data security is not just a matter of having a firewall on the server. Good site security needs know-how and that is not for free but available at competitive prices.

But how do you get your services to a state that they will not get you into trouble?

This is not an easy question. This requires not just technical knowledge but also an insight into local data protection laws and regulations. In General: the safer the server, the database and its scripts the less you are likely to get security issues.

But what if you use the client data to earn extra cash? It is not a good idea to sell your clients data to a 3^rd party in order to finance your business plan. You need to change your income generation to make your services much more attractive to users and advertisers. Add powerful tools for targeting advertisements and you will start winning again. But you need to have real business intelligence knowledge. For that best outsource your ideas in order to speed up delivery of new services at much lower costs.

Knowledge is power but unrivaled attractiveness is tremendous.

Eventually ministers participate in social media portals (facebook) in order to increase the number of followers who will also support the minister’s initiative. This is very much the case with the German minister who has been increasing the pressure on facebook so that they improve their data protection policies. Eventually, she decided to cancel her facebook account and hereby motivated other people to either cancel their own accounts or reduce the quantity of material they have been leaving in facebook. Hence, social media is not just useful to build up a public image but also to influence people and companies.

On the one hand you could argue that clients might start questioning if their existing solution is going to keep within the expected or required boundaries. On the other hand, it must make clients aware that data security is not just a matter of having a firewall on the server. Good site security needs know-how and that is not for free but available at competitive prices.

But how do you get your services to a state that they will not get you into trouble?

This is not an easy question. This requires not just technical knowledge but also an insight into local data protection laws and regulations. In General: the safer the server, the database and its scripts the less you are likely to get security issues.

But what if you use the client data to earn extra cash? It is not a good idea to sell your clients data to a 3^rd party in order to finance your business plan. You need to change your income generation to make your services much more attractive to users and advertisers. Add powerful tools for targeting advertisements and you will start winning again. But you need to have real business intelligence knowledge. For that best outsource your ideas in order to speed up delivery of new services at much lower costs.

Knowledge is power but unrivaled attractiveness is tremendous.

Eventually ministers participate in social media portals (facebook) in order to increase the number of followers who will also support the minister’s initiative. This is very much the case with the German minister who has been increasing the pressure on facebook so that they improve their data protection policies. Eventually, she decided to cancel her facebook account and hereby motivated other people to either cancel their own accounts or reduce the quantity of material they have been leaving in facebook. Hence, social media is not just useful to build up a public image but also to influence people and companies.

On the one hand you could argue that clients might start questioning if their existing solution is going to keep within the expected or required boundaries. On the other hand, it must make clients aware that data security is not just a matter of having a firewall on the server. Good site security needs know-how and that is not for free but available at competitive prices.

But how do you get your services to a state that they will not get you into trouble?

This is not an easy question. This requires not just technical knowledge but also an insight into local data protection laws and regulations. In General: the safer the server, the database and its scripts the less you are likely to get security issues.

But what if you use the client data to earn extra cash? It is not a good idea to sell your clients data to a 3^rd party in order to finance your business plan. You need to change your income generation to make your services much more attractive to users and advertisers. Add powerful tools for targeting advertisements and you will start winning again. But you need to have real business intelligence knowledge. For that best outsource your ideas in order to speed up delivery of new services at much lower costs.

Knowledge is power but unrivaled attractiveness is tremendous.