Woman hacked Playboy playmate's e-mail, stole nude pics of MLB star

Grady Sizemore of the Cleveland Indians

MLB midfielder Grady Sizemore emailed some self-snapped nude and semi-nude pictures to his girlfriend, Playboy playmate Brittany Binger.  The pictures were stolen and leaked online allegedly by a 19-year old female college student who gained unauthorized access to Ms. Binger's computer.  See story

Companies Adopting Stricter Social Media Policies

More companies are developing social media policies that affect what you do even when you are not at work.  From a fire cheif who was indefinatly suspended from his job for posting nude photos on a dating website to companies requiring that you state your employment with them on your Facebook page, what you post or don't post can have consequences you didn't expect. Watch the Report

Dirt, Lies & the Internet

The Dr. Phil Show tackles the subject of gossip websites specifically pointing to TheDirty.com which allows users to anonomously submit photos and comments about everyday people.  One guest said she had her picture "stolen" from her MySpace page and posted on the website with untrue comments that negatively affected her and her quality of life.

One woman in 20 has caught her partner 'sexting' other women

Trust seems to be more of an issue as people look for ways to keep tabs on their significant others. See article

Top 20 Celebrity Nude Photo Scandals

You can take pictures of yourself or someone can take them of you, but in this digital age it is always possible, as these celebrities discovered, that others can see them as well.

Nude Photos Leaked Online: Kayne West

Rapper Kayne West

Radaronline reports that Rapper Kayne West, took nude pictures of himself and sent them out to a number of women.  Now those pictures have been shopped around for sale and posted online. (Graphic)

Aspiring Model Sues Apple for using 'Stolen' Photos Online

Aspiring model, Rebecca Battino, is suing Apple for copyright infringement after racy pictures she took of herself when she was sixteen years old turned up in an online iTunes application called "eXtreme Cam Girls."  Full Story

Sextortion is on the rise....

Most people would never imagine that they would be the victims of any form of extortion.  However, with popularity of web cams and sending compromising images through the Internet or texting, the number of people who have found themselves in being extorted with the threat of revealing those images to friends and loved ones is on the rise.  Learn more about specific cases and what you can do to protect yourself from being put into such an unwanted position:

With Sexting, Sexcam sessions, and Indiscretion, Comes Sextortion

10 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online

People can learn alot more about you doing a simple google search then you probably want them to know.  Whether it a potential new love interest or employer, or just some bad person looking to steal your finances or identity, you may want to control the information they are finding.  See the 10 things you can do

Restoring your Online Reputation

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Photos, comments and videos posted on-line; they'll never go away.

These days it seems like everyone has a Facebook account. But if we're not careful our favorite website could do our reputation some harm

People have lost their jobs over what's on their facebook or a social networking page and others have a hard time getting a job after they post a controversial comment or some scandalous pictures show up on their page.


So what do you do after your online reputation is ruined?  Watch Lauren Candito from http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/   on Fox 35 talking about protecting and restoring youronline reputation.