MENTAL MAP 3 : Image in Web 2.0 Services.

MENTAL MAP 3 : Image in Web 2.0 Services.

1. CONCEPTS

   • The image in the web 2.0 environment
     • The image is a personal data, which means granting it the protection and guarantees that the regulations establish for them applicable. Remember that any personal data is considered information concerning natural persons identified or identifiable
     • Online platforms for publishing and sharing content in video format.
       • They allow the hosting of contents so that the rest of users can visionaries, and the interaction between users adds the possibility to include comments regarding the contents and give them scores. The user is solely responsible for their behavior on the page.
     • The use of the Webcam.
       • Risk situations
         • The Webcam can accidentally give information
         • You can record the scene that you see on the camera
         • The images can be tricked.
         • There may be the risk of being teased and cheated in camera chats
     • Platforms to publish and exchange photographs.
       • Stand out platforms designed to share images by users. It is important to highlight the possibility of adding metadata to the images in these applications, which will allow extracting additional information beyond the photograph itself.
       • Many of these platforms can be considered as true social networks due to the structure of the user participation and others are directly linked to those networks.
     • Facial recognition services in Web 2.0 services and mobile devices.
       • Facial recognition is the automatic treatment of images that contain the faces of people for the purposes of identification, authentication or categorization of said persons. It is composed of a series of subprocesses differentiated as obtaining the image, the detection of the face, the standardization, feature extraction, registration and comparison. The risks to the privacy of people who may pose facial recognition systems depend on the type of treatment and the objectives in question. However, there are risks that have greater relevance in specific phases of the facial recognition
       • The privacy of the user may be compromised depending on the location of the platforms involved in each phase of facial recognition
     • The labeling of images by third parties.
       • It is increasingly common in Web 2.0 services the possibility of using tagging technologies that allow metadata to be added to these images. Image tagging allows you to add comments and other data to images and videos uploaded to the network.
   • TIPS
     • Read carefully the privacy policies of the services of the Web 2.0 environment.
     • Analyze in detail the permissions that are granted to modify or access the content of the device.
     • Regarding the Webcam, use it only with people of maximum confidence
     • Focus the webcam to a blind spot when not in use
     • Ask permission to the people who are going to leave in a photo
     • Do not include other personal information such as name, address, telephone, etc. As well you have to be respectful
     • Contact the website administrator if you think the content is not appropriate.
     • It is not advisable to publish daring photos because you never know where they can go.