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Young people are risking their privacy and leaving poten... information on social-networking sites, says the Information Commissioner's Office.
Millions of young people in Britain would not want a col ...

Privacy watchdog warns of Facebook dangers - ZDNet UK
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Young people are risking their privacy and leaving potentially damaging information on social-networking sites, says the Information Commissioner's Office.

Millions of young people in Britain would not want a college, university or potential employer to conduct an internet search on them unless they could first remove content from social-networking sites, according to research by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) published on Friday. As many as 4.5 million, or 71 percent, of people aged between 14 and 21 would want the option to pull information off Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and other sites. But almost 60 percent have never considered that what they put online now might be permanent and could be accessed in years ahead.

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<p><strong>Young people are risking their privacy and leaving potentially damaging information on social-networking sites, says the Information Commissioner's Office.</strong></p> <p>Millions of young people in Britain would not want a college, university or potential employer to conduct an internet search on them unless they could first remove content from social-networking sites, according to <a title="ICO website" href="http://www.ico.gov.uk/youngpeople" target="">research by the Information Commissioner's Office</a> (ICO) published on Friday. As many as 4.5 million, or 71 percent, of people aged between 14 and 21 would want the option to pull information off Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and other sites. But almost 60 percent have never considered that what they put online now might be permanent and could be accessed in years ahead.</p>