Privacy issues are nothing new for social networks. But while users wouldn’t mind their personal information being used to deliver targeted ads, a survey of U.K. users found that they want the media to steer clear of their profiles.

The BBC reports that almost 80 percent of social network users would use more discretion with the information they put on the web if they knew the media would use the information on their profiles, according to a poll by the Press Complaints Commission.

The PCC regulates what magazines and newspapers can publish in the U.K. and what is considered private. Of the 1,000 people polled, 89 percent said they wanted guidelines for what the media was allowed to use
 
"The challenge remains the same for online editorial content, including material taken from social networking sites," said PCC chairman Sir Christopher Meyer. "In the digital age, self-regulation, with its sound principles and speed of operation, has never been more relevant."

While Meyer argues for self-regulation, a majority of the users who were polled think the matter is out of their hands. Around 58 percent said they were concerned about the lack of control they had in how they were depicted on the web.