The internet is a platform most of us cannot live without today. Its fundamental level is data storage, which is a CRUD system (Create, read, update, delete). It can't function without these four fundamental commands. Two examples are seen here:
Some of the largest social networks and service providers however are not utilizing a CRUD system but rather a CRU system or a CRU system with a delayed D-command
(over a period of time).
Privacy is not only making sure your personal life or private information is kept secret, but also assuring you have the right and possibility to remove accessibility to content linked to you, for example an embarrassing picture you don't want others to see anymore.
Facebook
Facebook photos are still accessible and existing even after the uploader has 'deleted' this content. Test it out yourself by uploading a picture or choosing an existing one, right-clicking it and copying the picture URL, then delete the photo on Facebook and try the URL, it will display the picture you have just 'deleted'.
According to a few articles such as this one, Facebook is working on it. I however personally don't understand how you can be 'working on actually deleting the photos' for this long? They simply don't want to yet.
Google
Google, including most of its products and services such as Google+, Blogger, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps and more store your search history and personal preferences and link this to your Google account. When you delete your history, this data still remains alive for a full 9 months on the server side. After 9 months, your IP is cleared off the logs to anonymize these logs. Cookie information is deleted after 18 months. Your ISP usually stores this for 12 months but that depends on your ISP. Source
You can't actually clear or delete date which is directly linked to you and your browsing behavior even if you want to. The client-side removal of the web history is merely an illusion.
If you want to completely clear all of the client-side logs Google has been gathering, log in onto your Google account through Gmail or YouTube for example, and click this link: https://www.google.com/history
On the right, click on settings and disable Web History as well as delete all history.
- How important is privacy to you?
- In case you've just learned something new by reading this thread, does this have an influence on your surfing behavior?
Some of the largest social networks and service providers however are not utilizing a CRUD system but rather a CRU system or a CRU system with a delayed D-command
(over a period of time).
Privacy is not only making sure your personal life or private information is kept secret, but also assuring you have the right and possibility to remove accessibility to content linked to you, for example an embarrassing picture you don't want others to see anymore.
Facebook photos are still accessible and existing even after the uploader has 'deleted' this content. Test it out yourself by uploading a picture or choosing an existing one, right-clicking it and copying the picture URL, then delete the photo on Facebook and try the URL, it will display the picture you have just 'deleted'.
According to a few articles such as this one, Facebook is working on it. I however personally don't understand how you can be 'working on actually deleting the photos' for this long? They simply don't want to yet.
Google, including most of its products and services such as Google+, Blogger, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps and more store your search history and personal preferences and link this to your Google account. When you delete your history, this data still remains alive for a full 9 months on the server side. After 9 months, your IP is cleared off the logs to anonymize these logs. Cookie information is deleted after 18 months. Your ISP usually stores this for 12 months but that depends on your ISP. Source
You can't actually clear or delete date which is directly linked to you and your browsing behavior even if you want to. The client-side removal of the web history is merely an illusion.
If you want to completely clear all of the client-side logs Google has been gathering, log in onto your Google account through Gmail or YouTube for example, and click this link: https://www.google.com/history
On the right, click on settings and disable Web History as well as delete all history.
- How important is privacy to you?
- In case you've just learned something new by reading this thread, does this have an influence on your surfing behavior?
