By Christina Peters, Chief Privacy Officer, IBM
There’s a fascinating new wrinkle in the world of social networking. Pediatricians are using technologies including texting, social media and blogs to reach out to their young patients and give them medical guidance.
Sounds helpful. But wait a minute. What’s a mother to think if she sees a Web page link sent by a doctor on her daughter’s smartphone and it’s about depression or eating disorders?
A column about the trend in the New York Times caught my attention both as a mom and as IBM’s new chief privacy officer. It shines a light on the conundrums we face when dealing with privacy in this era of mobile communications, social networking and Big Data. Thorny issues confront policymakers, businesses and society at a time when advances in technology and media have the potential to solve complex problems yet at the same time could expose so much sensitive information about individuals.
Click here to read the rest of the article on the Building a Smarter Planet blog.
