Creepy insurance company pulls coverage due to Facebook pics

Creepy insurance company pulls coverage due to Facebook pics
By Jacqui Cheng
Published: November 22,2009

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/11/creepy-insurance-company-pulls-coverage-due-to-facebook-pics.ars

The article talks about the trouble that happens after a post on Facebook. In some cases are troubles with employees, family but now there is a particular one, which is with insurance companies. The article related the story of Canadian woman who was diagnosed with “major depression”. Her insurance company finds some private pictures that she posted on her Facebook account and the insurance company uses them to cancel her benefits.

This article gets my attention because we can see how companies through the Internet can obtain their benefits. Even thought, in some cases like this one in particular the insurance company is using private information but their own benefit. It is very important how to face the reality that exists on Internet. Take care of our own privacy is a fact that everyone can have when navigate and post information on web. But companies as the insurance company also must respect our privacy and don’t use information for its benefit.