Is privacy an issue in our world today? Technology has progressed so much in the past decade that it’s able to match a simple anonymous photo of an individual with a picture located on the web in order to determine the identity of a person. Organizations use things like these to learn about the lives of individuals who apply for jobs. Of course, these businesses believe they have the right to determine who they could potentially hire, but individuals think otherwise – people believe that an organization or business shouldn’t have the right to search personal information in order to determine whether or not they should hire someone.

Information kept online doesn’t necessarily determine how capable an individual is at doing a job, so why should organizations feel the need to do a background check into peoples personal Facebook profiles? Are the businesses being ethical? or is it an invasion of privacy? IT has improved to a point where businesses have been able to use it to their advantage, but has it really helped those who are looking for employment?