Siti Zainab Ibrahim

Faculty Of Information Science And Technology (FIST)
Multimedia University Malaysia

Ms. Siti Zainab Ibrahim is a lecturer in the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University (MMU), Melaka campus. She has joined MMU since 2002. She is currently leading a research project, investigating privacy awareness and privacy knowledge among Malaysian adolescents, funded by Ministry of Education under Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS).

Tutorial Title: Young Generations and Privacy on Social Network Sites

Today, young generations actively participate, collaborate, and seek support as well as affirmation via social network sites. However, disclosing too much personal information in such sites creates vulnerabilities, for example interpersonal manipulation and commercial exploitation, and open new avenues of deviant behaviours such as cyberbullying and stealing identity. This tutorial proposes to give an introduction to the concept of personal privacy, with an emphasis on informational privacy. The tutorial will put a specific focus on privacy principles enacted in Privacy Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA 2010) and how the principles relate to our daily disclosure of personal information on social network sites. The presentations will be accompanied by real-life examples from actual field research.