#CreeperStatus
Let’s be honest. Apps are starting to get really creepy. What makes them creepy? I think we can say its a big thanks to cheap computing, a phone
that can keep tabs on your current and future location, larger social networks, and the commercial focus on sharing.Â
Here’s how to avoid “the creep”
Transparency: Telling users the data you collect is a good first step. The next thing a company should do is tell users who it shares that data with.
Consent: Once the data is out there, it’s hard to know what people might do with it, so consent is closely tied to transparency.
The Social Element: This can be anything from giving people clear and easy ways to categorize their friends so only certain people can see their late-night spring break pics to making it clear to or preventing others in a user’s social network to out them.
Let Your Users Go: the expectation after an app deletion is that, like an ex, you two are done. Everybody’s stuff is returned (or destroyed), and you don’t go around telling others that y’all are still together by leaving information on the site.
Unfortunately, it’s hard to avoid creepers who use these apps to enhance their creepy-ness so these app creators need educate users and create easy to use and understand privacy policies so we can avoid as many of these type of people in the videoÂ
 3/5/13









