Security Concerns

The article I found is "Yahoo Reduces Time it Stores Users' Personal Data" which can be found at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122952886987314289.html

Previously Yahoo has stored personally identifing data for up to 13 months. Pressure from privacy advocates and legislators has caused them to reevaluate that and now have realeased that they will only store data up to 90 days. This information is left through an electronic trail from when users look at information on the web. Search engine companys say this is necessary so that they can improve the quality of their services. Google and Microsoft are now being looked at to follow suit, even though in September Google already cut the time they kept the data in half.

I think it's kind of scary that everywhere you go is recorded on the internet and then stored for quite a long period of time. Some of the information can personally identify you and just think if the wrong person got their hands on even just a piece of that information what could happen. People try not to post personal information, but if you type it into a site that it could be recorded. I've got to say this is scarier than thinking the government is listening to your phone calls. I mean you do everything on the internet now days!

My mom works at BWC in Columbus and I remember a few summers ago how an intern left files in his car and it had the personal information of a lot of people around Ohio. Thankfully none of my families information was included, but I had friends that were notified that they were. Nothing has come out of this yet but it's hard to say that nothing ever will at this point. Addresses may change over time, but social security numbers won't.

Article Week 1

This blog was inspired by Brian's post of the article "How to handle the job offer you can't afford"

The URL for the article is:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122817186202670399.html

What most interested me about this article was that the people mentioned ended up taking the position and negotiating a higher salary or compromising with commission in order to receive the higher pay. The thing is that the people mentioned have probably been in the industry for a long time and have the experience necessary in order to negotiate a higher pay. What I would like to know is how recent graduates can go into the 'real world' for the first time and be able to negotiate a better pay without the real world experience.

This article interested me because I just had an informational interview yesterday and the interviewer brought up pay just so I would know what I was getting into. I was expecting it would be low because it was an entry level position but I never would have imagined it was as low as the number she told me. All I could think of was if I would be able to make my loan payments making so little. I don't even have a family, or house to pay for but I have to make some sort of living when I graduate. I'm concerned in this job market that I'm going to have to settle for a job that can't compensate me for my work.