Tuesdays and Thursdays during the 2010 WordCount Blogathon, I’m running posts I originally wrote for SecondAct.com, an online magazine for people over 40 launched in April by Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur Magazine, Entrepreneur.com, WomenEntrepreneur.com and EntrepreneurEnEspanol.com.
Think you’re smarter than a teenager? When it comes to online privacy, you might not be.
A recent study showed that baby boomers were just as ill-informed as 18 to 24 year olds on a wide range of online privacy issues, including what websites’ privacy policies cover and whether a company needs permission to follow your online activities across multiple websites (they don’t — surprised?).
The lack of awareness on privacy matters is especially troubling given how much time we spend online.
Read the rest of this post at SecondAct.com: When it comes to going online, you might not be as safe or as smart as you think.