Scary When Cartoons and Sitcoms Make Fun of Online Privacy

From Maxima PR Team

Considering all the issues, questions and doubts regarding online privacy and protecting yourself and your information in the lightning fast Internet and mobile world of today, it is a little scary (and funny as heck!) and just plain sad that things have come down to cartoons like Dilbert and Sitcoms including "How I Met Your Mother", making fun of the growing issue of online privacy.

Don't get me wrong, "How I Met Your Mother" is a great comedy and the episode about your digital footprint was a lot of fun, and Dilbert is a cute cartoon, but the fact that the issue has become so big and is getting so much news and noise, that sitcoms and cartoons are making fun, what is next, skits on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Dave Letterman? I hope so, love those guys and their shows and can only imagine how these two would make fun of their online reputation and digital footprint.

Jokes about Jon Stewart aside, online privacy and the abuse of data and information is a growing problem that can affect your personal life and your career. Those funny drunken photos from college, sexy nude pics you gave to your old boyfriend years ago, the nasty comments you made about someone in a blog, on Facebook or Twitter, like the mother arrested for posting a photo on Facebook of her baby smoking a bong  and giving out your cell phone number on a social networking site or blog, any of these actions could come back to haunt you in the future and have a very detrimental impact on your reputation and your life, including loss of job and legal trouble.

Everyone needs to take personal responsibility for the information and data they post online. You cannot rely on social networks, private companies, blogs or supposed rules, each person needs to be aware of the impact posting information online or through your mobile device can have on your life. Be careful with what you post online and how you use the Internet, social networks and blogs, and remember to check yourself online by searching for yourself on Google and people search engines like 123people, that can help you to monitor and manage your digital footprint.