ESL Podcast 1025 - Maintaining Internet Privacy

to post - to upload or provide information to a website where it will be shared with many people

Please let me know if the company posts any new job openings.

social media - websites where people create profiles and share personal information, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn

Social media is a good way to stay in touch with friends and family members who live far away.

personal data - information that describes and is tied to an individual

When you apply for a driver's license, you'll need to provide some personal data, including your date of birth, social security number, address, eye color, hair color, height, and weight.

to divulge - to share information about something, especially a secret

Grandma refuses to divulge her age

to gain access - to obtain the ability to see something that would normally remain hidden or secret

The company uses a lot of security measures to ensure that no one gains access to its customers' account information.

privacy safeguard - a tool or action used to prevent criminals from accessing secret or confidential information about other people and/or their accounts

The bank has a lot of privacy safeguards, but it can't protect your data if you choose a poor password.

to block - to not allow someone to have, see, or do something, especially to prevent someone from being part of one's network on a social media site

When Theresa broke up with her boyfriend, she blocked him from seeing her photos and messages.

permission - authorization; consent; the right to have, see, or do something

Do you have permission to use your dad's car this weekend?

to track - to monitor and observe something over time

Adam has a personal trainer who tracks his weight, body fat, and muscle strength.

to extract - to take something out from a larger body, or to remove a part of something

Do you know how to extract oil from these plant leaves?

third-party - a person or organization that is not directly involved in something; not the main people involved

The company asked an accounting firm to perform a third-party audit of its financial statements.

legitimate - valid, real, and allowed under the law; not false or fake

During a job interview, an employer can only ask legitimate questions about your ability to do the work, not personal questions about your family.

hacker - a person who uses computer programs to gain access to secret information and/or control a website or computer program without authorization to do so

The hackers have stolen thousands of social security numbers.

malicious intent - with a plan to do bad things, or things that will hurt other people or cause problems for them in some way

If the lawyers can demonstrate malicious intent, then Louisa will probably receive the maximum prison sentence.

to take down - to delete or remove something from a website so that it can no longer be seen by others

Please take down my name from the website where you list your supporters.

worse yet - a phrase used to emphasize that something is bad, especially as an example of something that is even worse than what one was just talking about

We've lost a lot of customers in the past three months. Worse yet, it looks like our biggest account is going to go to our competitors.

invasion of (one's) privacy - an instance where one's personal information is obtained and/or used by people who should not have had access to it

Do you think it's okay for parents to search their teenagers' room, or is that an invasion of their privacy?

dilemma - a difficult situation or problem where the solution or answer is unclear; a situation where one does not know what to do or decide

Nancy found $1,000 in a desk she bought at a garage sale, and now she's facing a dilemma: Should she return the money to the original owners of the desk, or keep it for herself?