Creepy Ways Your Social Media Data Can Be Used

E-Commerce Times, January 21, 2010

L. Elise Dieterich was quoted in an article, "Creepy Ways Your Social Media Data Can Be Used," published in the January 21, 2010 issue of E-Commerce Times. The article discusses how the new era of connectivity has encouraged many people to share private information with their online networks of friends. However, what happens in one's social network doesn't stay in one's social network. There are many ways for outsiders to gather information – legitimately or not – and put it to use.