The privacy on the Net is one of the most controversial topic because there is the risk not to know what should remain just personal from what we could release in the wide ocean of Internet.
In the last days, it is hit the honours the news of the Canadian woman who lost her insurance's benefits because of her pictures were appeared on Facebook. Nothing in the web is truly private.
Nathalue Blanchard, 29 years old, live in Quebec. She left her job in IBM on Febrary 2008 because of a severe depression. The insurance company, called "Manulife", gave her economic benefits to regain fully her health.
The monthly cheque has been interrupted because Manulife saw the woman's pictures on Facebook, where she was smiling on the beach with her friend and during a men's striptease in a club. This score means, for the insurance company, that the woman is cured of her illness.
The decision to cancel the cheque is ambiguous for two reason. First of all, Manulife couldn't know that this holiday was a medical prescription for the depression. Then the company couldn't see the pictures because they were set on private condition, except if it used an illegal way, like the hacker's help. In addiction, it is superficial to judge as past the depression by a smile. because it is a temporary illness and could change day by day.
Maybe, in these cases, could be useful to make a distinction between the civil identity of a person and his virtual identity.
The social network's use seems become a drug who could cause addiction, not allowing to distinguish what we could do from what we couldn't do.
The virtuality will replace the real life in the future?
I don't know, but the present is before our very eyes.
In the last days, it is hit the honours the news of the Canadian woman who lost her insurance's benefits because of her pictures were appeared on Facebook. Nothing in the web is truly private.
Nathalue Blanchard, 29 years old, live in Quebec. She left her job in IBM on Febrary 2008 because of a severe depression. The insurance company, called "Manulife", gave her economic benefits to regain fully her health.
The monthly cheque has been interrupted because Manulife saw the woman's pictures on Facebook, where she was smiling on the beach with her friend and during a men's striptease in a club. This score means, for the insurance company, that the woman is cured of her illness.
The decision to cancel the cheque is ambiguous for two reason. First of all, Manulife couldn't know that this holiday was a medical prescription for the depression. Then the company couldn't see the pictures because they were set on private condition, except if it used an illegal way, like the hacker's help. In addiction, it is superficial to judge as past the depression by a smile. because it is a temporary illness and could change day by day.
Maybe, in these cases, could be useful to make a distinction between the civil identity of a person and his virtual identity.
The social network's use seems become a drug who could cause addiction, not allowing to distinguish what we could do from what we couldn't do.
The virtuality will replace the real life in the future?
I don't know, but the present is before our very eyes.
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