Social Network Bill of Rights

Derived from the conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, this is doing the rounds at the moment. It does a good job of summing up the issues involved in social networking.

1. 
   Honesty: Honor your privacy policy and terms of service
2. 
   Clarity: Make sure that policies, terms of service, and settings are easy to find and understand
3. 
   Freedom of speech: Do not delete or modify my data without a clear policy and justification
4. 
   Empowerment : Support assistive technologies and universal accessibility
5. 
   Self-protection: Support privacy-enhancing technologies
6. 
   Data minimization: Minimize the information I am required to provide and share with others
7. 
   Control: Let me control my data, and don’t facilitate sharing it unless I agree first
8. 
   Predictability: Obtain my prior consent before significantly changing who can see my data.
9. 
   Data portability: Make it easy for me to obtain a copy of my data
10. 
    Protection: Treat my data as securely as your own confidential data unless I choose to share it, and notify me if it is compromised
11. 
    Right to know: Show me how you are using my data and allow me to see who and what has access to it.
12. 
    Right to self-define: Let me create more than one identity and use pseudonyms. Do not link them without my permission.
13. 
    Right to appeal: Allow me to appeal punitive actions
14. 
    Right to withdraw: Allow me to delete my account, and remove my data