CHRISTIAN FUCHS - ICT&S - Universität Salzburg

Christian Fuchs: Social Networking Sites and the Surveillance SocietySurveillanceWhat is the correct answer?(17)Web platforms in Austria have to pass on personal data (name, email-address, etc) tothe police:O Yes, always if the police demand it. XO No, neverO Only if the police have a juridical order that was passed by a court and is handedover to the provider.(18)Platforms such as studiVZ, Facebook or MySpace store data about me only as long as Ido not delete my account.O Yes, this is correct.O No, this is incorrect X.(19)I can describe in one sentence exactly what the Data Retention Directive is:O YesO NoThe following questions are answered with the help of a scale1 --------------- 2-------------- 3------------ 4-------------- 5------------- 6I completely disagree I fully agree.(20) If you have nothing illegal to hide, then you need not be afraid of surveillance.(21) I trust that social networking platforms such as studiVZ, MySpace, or Facebookdeal in a responsible way with my data.(22) In Austria, there are only few laws that allow the surveillance of Internet and phonecommunication. Citizens are therefore well protected from state surveillance.(23) Firms have a strong interest in gathering personal data of Internet users.(24) State surveillance of citizens has increased after the terrorist attacks in New York onSeptember 11, 2001.Questions about studiVZPlease answer spontaneously.(25) Is the following statement correct? studiVZ gathers and stores data on my usagebehaviour on the platform (visited pages, time of log in, sending of messages andentries, membership in groups, etc).O Yes XO No(26) Is the following statement correct? studiVZ is allowed to reuse and sell my user-129