The new privacy Who are you?

The new privacy
Who are you?
We suggested in the introduction to this module that you might find it interesting to learn what's out there about you on the Internet.
Well, it's time to do just that. Your assignment for this project is to Google yourself and/or family and/or your friends and/or your
enemies. It sounds complicated, but it's as simple as opening your search window and typing in the name you want to search for,
probably although not necessarily putting it in quotation marks ("). If you don't use the quotation marks, you may get variants on the
name, some of which may be useful and some of which probably won't be. You will find quite a lot of chaff in the results, but in all
probability there will be a few grains of wheat as well. The downside is that some of those grains may be a little spoiled; there may
be some things out there that you'll be surprised to know are there. When I googled myself (a process that is sometimes known as
"egosurfing") I found some 48,300 links reported (in .14 second, no less!). Fortunately, at least the first page was all OK.
One of the sites that you encounter will probably be http://www.123people.com. If it doesn't pop up for you, try going there directly.
I guarantee the results will amaze you.
When you've finished getting all the dirt on yourself and everyone else, think about it a little and then write a short paper describing
what you found, how you found it, and what you think about how you and your other subjects are spread all over the public
information space. You don't have to report any awkward details that turn up, but some general consideration of both positive and
negative information would be in order. Please conclude with any thoughts you have about how you're going to cope with knowing
what all is out there about you and everyone else.
EXPECTATIONS:
Your paper should be two to three pages in length, and reflect your personal experiences with this issue. The important part of all
these project assignments is to carefully assess your own experiences with the topic, and then reflect critically on what
you might have learned about yourself and about situations through this assessment process.
The more that you can uswe the exercise to develop personal implications for your growth as a potential business person as well as a
moral individual, the more value you'll get out of the exercise.