Sigurnosna razmjena podataka društvenim mrežama: pravo na osobnost i pravna zaštita osobnih podataka
Safety exchange of data through social media: the right to identity and legal protection of personal data

Summary/Abstract: Social media, which represent a global communication phenomenon, are used by all parts of the society today. All aspects of globalization have influenced users to create profiles with personal data and to publish personal data online. Many of them publish or give out personal data daily. Watching the process of importing data from social media to various internet applications raises the question of the existence of legal foundation for those actions. Which data are included? Are they private in nature and for which purposes can such data be used? Are the data protected in a reliable way? These are important questions to which every user should know the answer. The answers refer to privacy and principles of personal data protection. This paper will examine the questions of social media in the context of data protection legal framework and an insight into basic term relating to personal data, data protection and dangers which users are facing daily will be given. The paper will also present a research about the habits of social media users in the sense of revealing personal data, the risks to which the users are exposed, protection and misuse of their data.

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