According to the reports of Onlinekosten.de and Gulli.com there appeared a new tendency, according to which users are able to look for information about themselves (which is not be bad at all), but also for other users with the help of the Internet search sites. Some companies have already recognized the trend and even offer different services. Finally the users get combined information from different sources in one file. These services provide with the information from legal sources but still the development in itself is not very positive.
As an example of the dangerous development, I want to name the rising popularity of online gaming platforms. Just imagine, 3 friends together buy a game on such a platform and play the game alternately, depending on whether one or the other has the time for playing. This is perfectly feasible, since only the simultaneous games is not possible. Then one of the friends apply for a job at a large company Xxxx Ltd. The company orders an external service provider to find out the information about the candidate. The service provider is looking for different social networks like BlablaVZ and by the way buys some information about the game behavior of the person in the on-line gaming platform XY (has anyone already read the licenses, which you agree in order to join such a platform?). The problem is that according to the information of the game platform the user was playing about 30 hours a week the “evil Killer”. But it is not truth, because the user has shared his account with 2 other friends, but from the employer perspective viewed that is a reason for rejection of the candidate. The example is quite realistic and can be applied for other cases too.
