To date, social networking sites, such as Facebook, have more than 750 million active users, and these users contribute approximately 30 billion pieces of shared information (blogs, web links, images, etc.) every month. This does not at all indicate that social networking sites, similar to Facebook, are a private place. Every "join Facebook" you click to connect to other websites, every status update on your wall, with every Twitter post or Foursquare check-in you allow others to see your life, so why not a future employer or the school you attend? TO? Traditional society has begun to fully embrace the digital age; therefore, different people, companies, schools; governments, etc. they have gone so far as to allow their information to be viewed by anyone with a device that connects to the Internet. This way, your online identity and your “real life” persona now merge into a single identity that both worlds can easily view with a few simple facts like your name or email address. Due to the possibility of freely distributing information through social networks, people who use them should not have the right to privacy. When a person joins Facebook, they become “publicly available” on the Internet. Facebook writes: “Such information may, for example, be accessible to anyone on the Internet (including people who are not logged in to Facebook), be indexed by third-party search engines, and be imported, exported, distributed and redistributed from us and others without limitations on privacy." In simpler terms, once you put it out there, it's out there and there's no going back. With every single website you sign up for, you waive your privacy rights if you read the "Terms and Policies" section that each website recommends you read whether or not you do so. What information... half of the paper... and multimedia. July 21, 2010. Web. July 12, 2011. .Santo, Nick. "Facebook's response to privacy concerns: "If you don't feel comfortable sharing, don't. ""San Francisco Bay Area - News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Announcements: SFGate. June 28, 2011. Web. July 12, 2011. "Social Networking Benefits Validated - Washington Times." Washington Times: Politics, breaking news, US and world news. Network. July 12, 2011. "Statistics | Facebook." Welcome to Facebook: log in, register or find out more. Network. July 12 2011. .