
290 Cyberpower
The best way to preserve one’s private life is to do not leave too much per-
sonal information on commercial servers or in social networks, virtual com-
munities, discussion forums, or chat-rooms. Internet servers never forget, and
when users provide personal data to services, applications, or servers outside
their control, they never know how those data will be exploited, by whom, and
for what purpose.
Internet users have to keep in mind that personal data represent a valuable
asset that consequently should be well protected.
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In the context of police investigations and legal procedures, it is useful to
have a system of rules on ...