Available online at http://saspublisher.com/sjet/ 675 Scholars Journal of Engineering and Technology (SJET) ISSN 2347-9523 (Print) Abbreviated Key Title: Sch. J. Eng. Tech. ISSN 2321-435X (Online) ©Scholars Academic and Scientific Publisher A Unit of Scholars Academic and Scientific Society, India www.saspublisher.com A Review on Various Techniques of Sharing Photo on Online Social Networks Bhavisha Rajput 1* , Mrs. Minu Choudhary 2 1 Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Rungta College of Engineering and Management Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India 2 Dept. of Information Technology, Rungta College of Engineering and Management, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India Review Article *Corresponding author Bhavisha Rajput Article History Received: 08.11.2017 Accepted: 07.12.2017 Published: 30.12.2017 DOI: 10.21276/sjet.2017.5.12.1 Abstract: At the present days people share many private images on social networking sites which needs maintaining privacy. Privacy is needed to prevent the misuse of such images. For preserving these images secure different privacy settings are needed. If a tool is granted to the user which will bring him set privacy easily, this will decrease his task. For addressing this requires various techniques are proposed. In this paper, some of the privacy recommendation techniques are discussed. These techniques used to recommend the privacy to user for images that the user share on online social networking site. In order to recommending such privacy on photo sharing on social media, user profile information and properties of images are used. Tags related to images and visual properties also essential to categories images. Keywords: Privacy Policy, Online Social Network, Facebook, Privacy Recommendation, Security INTRODUCTION Social networking sites have become a very important part of our day-today life. Online social networks (OSNs) such as Facebook, Google and instagram are implicitly designed to make able people to be the part of personal and public information and make people to connect with friends, co-workers, persons having like-position, family, and even with strangers socially. To keep safe (out of danger) user’s personal information, way in control has become a chief thing point of Online Social Networking sites. On the other hand, it becomes everlasting record once some photo or image is posted or uploaded on social network. Late consequences can be insecure, people may use it for various unexpected intentions. For example a posted information may disclose the mafia relationship of any celebrity. A user profile usually involve information in order to the users work history birthday, sex, residence, interests, education, travel information, etc. other than this be in touch information also. As well as users can upload the picture and tag that picture to other people for all that they are willing or not willing to be part of uploaded image or content. At the same time other people are tagged, the situation becomes more complicated. The user uploaded the image is totally not known of the consequences that arise for the person which is included in tagging or uploading of images and contents. At present nobody can stop such unavoidable circumstances. We need to have a control over such activities to reduce the risks of photos being tagged or uploaded. In place of enforce restrictions over such incidents or increasing security on social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram which help for encouraging people to get into such things more. Lots of time user is unwilling get tagged or brought to light without his permission. Here the question arises that is it violation if we share images without taking a permit from all the people who are involved in that particular image? The answer of this question we need to illustrate the privacy and security problem over the social sites. Whenever an image is shared on OSN’s, it includes everybody’s security, which can be put on risk if the proper approvals are not sought. We need to impose maximum level of privacy and security of the content being uploaded on social sites. In such manner while using the online social networks one can perceive desired level of confidence and security. He/she can with confidently make use of social sites without concern or photos being shared in insecure and unauthorized way. Desired level of privacy and security is a most important thing for a user using online social sites.