http://www.acfls.org/famlawblog/?p=94 Family Law Specialists' Forum Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:24:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.acfls.org/famlawblog/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-47 Joseph J. Bell Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:51 +0000 http://www.acfls.org/famlawblog/?p=94#comment-47 I agree that people should be careful about what information they put up on a social networking site - but it seems that the vast majority of users of these sites, and definately NOT just younger generations, have little appreciation of the right of privacy or even much concern about waiving it. I remember the history and struggle to assert that privacy rights exist! Courts are starting to address the issue of claims arising from what many might consider misuse of such sites by posting information otherwise private, defamatory, damaging or devious. It seems the old "caveat emptor" rules might hold sway over such claims. For the present, I have taken a more cautious view and carefully adjusted privacy settings on all such sites to limit access to ONLY those persons specifically permitted by me. Some would say I have severely restricted my ability to use the sites, and I say that does not bother me much. After all, the main reason I do create a page on some sites is just to avoid the multiple pesky invitations to do so that trail me everywhere until I submit! So far, not much tweeting happening here...! I agree that people should be careful about what information they put up on a social networking site – but it seems that the vast majority of users of these sites, and definately NOT just younger generations, have little appreciation of the right of privacy or even much concern about waiving it. I remember the history and struggle to assert that privacy rights exist! Courts are starting to address the issue of claims arising from what many might consider misuse of such sites by posting information otherwise private, defamatory, damaging or devious. It seems the old “caveat emptor” rules might hold sway over such claims. For the present, I have taken a more cautious view and carefully adjusted privacy settings on all such sites to limit access to ONLY those persons specifically permitted by me. Some would say I have severely restricted my ability to use the sites, and I say that does not bother me much. After all, the main reason I do create a page on some sites is just to avoid the multiple pesky invitations to do so that trail me everywhere until I submit! So far, not much tweeting happening here…!

]]> http://www.acfls.org/famlawblog/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-38 Bonnie Riley Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:38:54 +0000 http://www.acfls.org/famlawblog/?p=94#comment-38 This has come up more and more as I speak to other attorneys. One colleague told me he had been able to refute a mother's testimony regarding <em>not</em> inappropriately involving her daughter in divorce issues by the child's posts on Facebook. And imagine submitting to a vocational evaluation and then Twittering to your friends as this young woman did! http://www.sofranko.com/journal/2009/3/18/cisco-fatty-and-a-case-study-for-twitter-search.html This has come up more and more as I speak to other attorneys. One colleague told me he had been able to refute a mother’s testimony regarding not inappropriately involving her daughter in divorce issues by the child’s posts on Facebook. And imagine submitting to a vocational evaluation and then Twittering to your friends as this young woman did! http://www.sofranko.com/journal/2009/3/18/cisco-fatty-and-a-case-study-for-twitter-search.html

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