Facebook Timeline May Bring Up Sordid Past of Users

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Perhaps you drank too much at the Christmas party 5 years ago and made a fool of yourself? Chances are someone posted it on Facebook. Thankfully, it was overwritten by thousands of other posts, pictures and "likes". However, a new profile plan unveiled by Facebook creators is now bringing back all of those old triumphs and not so triumphant past posts and pictures. It is called Timeline, and it creates "a scrapbooklike montage, assembling photos, links and updates for each month since they signed up for Facebook". Eventually, every profile will be switched to this format, though users can get a jump-start on it by visiting facebook.com/about/timeline to activate it. However, once the change is made, it is permanent. Opponents of the change worry that those things in the past we hoped to ditch to grow-up, be more professional, or just realized we made a bad choice could still pop-up and hurt us in the present.

The amount of information that is available to others about each of us is vast. Protecting that information should be a priority. However, if something does happen and you need legal representation relating to electronic information and privacy, Meyerkord and Meyerkord, LLC can help. We are an experienced group of attorneys that have navigated the complicated interplay between the virtual world and the law. Our law firm developed case law in Missouri known as "false light" which can help a party injured by social media. Please contact us at (314) 436-9958 or (800) 391-4318 to schedule a no-obligation meeting with an experienced Internet privacy rights attorney.

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