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Peter F. Secchia Lecture with Missy Young
October 03, 2018
Technology and data strategies expert Missy Young said technology users should put great value on privacy but shouldn't expect a lot of it when using social media.
Young is the chief information officer for Switch, Inc., a global technology company based in Las Vegas that designs, constructs and operates data centers. She was the featured speaker for the Peter F. Secchia Breakfast Lecture October 3 at the L. William Seidman Center.
Young said privacy is important but it can only be controlled to a certain degree.
"Don't expect a lot of privacy if you use social media and be selective about what you put out there," Young said. "If you use online banking or purchase items online, a lot of your information is already out there."
Young shared staggering statistics like: 90 percent of the world's data was created in the last two years, an iPhone has more technology than it took to send someone to the moon and back, and 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020.
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