1.
An
important consideration for every e-commerce website is to maintain the privacy
of its users. Use of innovative
technologies and lack of secure systems makes it easy to obtain personal and
confidential information about individuals and organizations. Do you think
Facebook was able to deliver the need for privacy for its clientele?
Ans:
Privacy issue is a main concern of
every internet users around the world. Having somebody standing at your back
watching and writing everything you do/surf in the internet is a very annoying
thing for me and it is the responsibility of every owner/developer of every
sites or applications we used in the internet to safeguard and maintain the
privacy of its users. As for the question if I trust facebook in keeping my
privacy is “No”. Personally, I was a victim of such invading my privacy while
one time I was playing an game applications in facebook and broadcast it
without my permission to my list of friends. Though there is an option there if
that opted me to from broadcasting my activities around facebook. For me,
facebook should be by default set it to “disabled state” so that only the users
can manually activate it. Or automatically ask the users for confirmation to do
it and if the users will not take actions about it, facebook will imply it that
the user does not want it for them to broadcast its activity. I know facebook
want to implement this mechanism for them to track the activities of their
users for business/advertizing purposes but it should be done with the users
knowing it.
2.
Owners
of websites should guard against the potential sources of liability which could
lead to legal claims against them. Since the Internet knows no boundaries, the
owner of a website could be confronted
with legal liability for non-compliance or violation of laws of almost any
country. As a Filipino user, in cases of privacy infringement and intellectual
property rights violation on the side of Facebook due to system features and
implementations, Do you feel comfortable in using the website? What are the
ways that you could do to prevent incidents like this to happen? And In cases
it happened, What are you going to do to protect your rights?
Ans:
Amazingly, knowing the flaws and potential
invasion of my privacy I still want to use/ or log to facebook sites. Maybe,
because I still feel facebook still the most effective way for me to track my
friends online and for some personal entertainment purposes. For in case of
privacy infringement or intellectual property rights violations I still send a
petition to facebook owners together with the support of the facebook community
to seriously take my account in consideration in resolving the privacy
issues/concern that I petition for preventing further violation and protection
of other user’s rights. For the the ways I can suggest in protecting your
privacy are (1) simply read carefully the guidelines and privacy agreement in
every sites your are visiting. Reads some reviews in third party review panels
regarding the sites. Read some users comments. Or (2) internet is a place where
we can do anything we want. Be who ever we want. Pretend to be somebody. So, I
don’t put my vital information about myself as it is a possible for somebody to
know it and use it for some other purposes. So don’t put your vital information
publicly. (3) if invasion of privacy happens, petition them and I know for sure
it won’t be easy.
3.
Many
websites advertise goods or services to customers. The traditional laws of
advertising, which apply to ordinary sales, are enacted in the interest of all
consumers to prevent deceptive and unfair acts or practices. Explain how
effective is Facebook on monetizing their website? Is it ethically correct to
monetize certain social networking websites without informing its users about
its intensions before the user signs-up to its website?
Ans:
For me I feel somehow unfair for me that
facebook is using me for their monetary purposes without asking me to do it,
especially even before I sign-up in facebook. Earning millions for themselves
and without a dime for myself. I like the way facebook before way back the time
when facebook still starting, there where no ads it was just plain facebook.
But on the other side, if I am the owner of the facebook, will I will be paid
for my work? The fact that the users are benefitting from the services provided
by the facebook site to its users. I think their will be no company will stay
for long without earnings to spend for development or operational expenses. I
think its alright for every company to monetize their sites, just informed or
ask permissions to its users. Or place it on their agreement explicitly.
4.
What
are the good and bad sides that Facebook has implemented as new means of making
money online? Is it a good idea to sell goods and products on its website? How
do you think to maximize online advertisement through Facebook?
Ans:
Having advertisement on facebook provides
two sides-it has an advantages and disadvantages. Let’s talk first with the
advantages-the users are given a chance to buy products that they might feel of
importance or needs. They can click it to buy it and it’s up to the users not
to buy it. It’s there for their in case some users might find it useful because
advertisement is filtered based on the browsing activities and
preferences. But on the other hand
(disadvantages), users find it annoying to being offered with a lot of stuff
that they find it irrelevant to them. Advertisement found in every page of
facebook occupies a significant amount of the user’s screens that it’s too hard
for them to ignore. Its annoying sometimes to see advertisement in facebook
page that when you click to ignore it, it will just disappear and be replace
with some other advertisement. For me facebook still can used advertisement on
their page maybe by limiting the number of advertisement to be display in every
page. Or have options to display or not be displayed on the screen. Or setup
special page on facebook that displays all the monetary advertisement to that
page.
5.
Recently
Facebook began selling stocks to the public
in the most talked-about market debut in years. As an entrepreneur,
should you jump in on Facebook stocks? Why or Why not? Explain.
Ans:
Well this is interesting for every entrepreneur because if
you try to look the stocks of facebook, it will not go elsewhere but UP. In
spite of the issues surrounding facebook there are still a lot of ordinary
users in facebook that doesn’t care about this and mostly probably the majority
of the populations feels the same. More and more users will come to be a member
of facebook. This is a very attracted to business entrepreneurs, they always
love to follow the money. So if you ask me if I’m willing to buy some stocks to
facebook, I will definitely say yes.
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