Invasion Of Privacy On College Students

Whether it is posting all about your day on Facebook, sharing your latest picture on Instagram, or tweeting at followers, people who use social media do not realize that their privacy is being invaded more than they think. Everything posted on social media leaves a cyber footprint that can later be traced back and used against you or for data which raises the question of privacy. Many users feel that through “privacy settings” that their information is concealed when in reality it can be accessed by the government or other corporations. Particularly, prospective college students need to be extra mindful of what they are posting on social media accounts because their privacy may be invaded. It is reasonable that college recruiters invade privacy
Colleges justify their privacy invasion as a way to make pivotal decisions such as acceptance and scholarships. Nancy McDuff, an admissions and enrollment manager at the University of Georgia justifies it as “If a student mentions something in their application that is not well explained, and you are looking for more information,you may check their Facebook” (Nancy McDuff, "When Colleges Look Up Applicants on Facebook: The Unspoken New Admissions Test"). Many students are conscious of this procedure colleges use and try to protect themselves in ways such as changing their profile name, and deleting any pictures that may be frowned upon. However, if students have nothing to hide then they should have no problem with this common ritual. By looking into students social media accounts colleges can pick out the most outstanding students for their
Similar to Emily's case, In George Orwell's 1984, privacy has little existence; there is constantly a telescreen watching over you monitoring everything a person says or does and if the government does not agree with what they see, it can lead to severe consequences. George Orwell’s views at the time may have been extremist but currently we still deal with invasion of privacy, especially on social media. Today, college acceptance is competitive and recruiters want to take students they feel are worthy of their school and to do that they must find out about the student’s personal life. Students applying to colleges need to extra cautious of what they post on social media because it just might come back to punish