Published on August 18, 2010

Data Centers Tell All

When it comes to your personal online life (if such a thing can be said to be “personal”), data centers may know almost everything about you—and they can tell all to anyone who wants to know. That is, assuming your information is not kept private, and assuming the security of the data centers that hold it remains intact.

The aggregate amount of information that data centers store is staggering, and many Internet users may find that the amount of information that data centers store about their online activities is a bit disturbing. Although a recorded history of online activity may be beneficial for businesses and other entities, such a history may not be beneficial for certain users who, for example, posted information or photographs on Facebook before they considered the ramifications of their actions. Even a single comment can come back to haunt users.

To read further, please visit the Data Center Journal website:
http://datacenterjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3815:data-centers-tell-all&catid=25&Itemid=100126