Like most busy people in today’s cyber-dependent society, I am guilty of accepting the terms and policies of many online social media applications and other services without ever studying the endless pages of legalese and jargon. This policy primer effectively highlights the main issues relating to Facebook user’s identity and privacy.
4. That with 1.15 billion* monthly
users
and
Over 1 million* active
advertisers…..
* Facebook Shareholders Report, June 2013
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5. acebook
is by far the most popular online
social media network today…
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6. “…its mission is
to give people
the power to
share and
make the
world more
open and
connected..”
* Facebook Shareholders Report, June 2013
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7. “…with friends
and family, to
discover what’s
going on in the
world, and to
share and
express what
matters to
them”
* Facebook Shareholders Report, June 2013
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8. But that’s just the warm and
fuzzy side of things….
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9. So you signed up to Facebook?
Data Use Policy
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
https://www.facebook.com/
Terms
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
10. But did you read the fine print?
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11. Like most busy people,
chances are you didn’t
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13. …then here are a
few things to
consider…
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14. By using or accessing Facebook
you have already agreed to all
their policies and terms of use...
…and for those
about to sign up
you should be
aware that….
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15. “you consent
to having
your personal
data
transferred to
and
processed in
the USA”
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*Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
16. ...and that all the content you create as
well as photos and video clips you load
are essentially considered as
yours...BUT by registering with
Facebook…
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*Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
17. …you automatically grant them a
“non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, world-wide
license to use any IP content that you
post”*
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*Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
18. and your intellectual property may live
on for a very long time if your friends
have stored your images and clips onto
their own devices.
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19. Facebook does
give you options
on controlling
who you share
information with
through its
privacy and
application
settings,
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However, if you
chose your account
to be publically
viewed by the world
at large, then your
intellectual property
will almost never die
as people you don’t
know can
manipulate and use
your images.
21. You must also be
over the age of
13 to open a
Facebook
account…
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22. and “you will not
bully, intimidate…
or harass any
user”
*Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
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23. Facebook will not tolerate online
violation of other people’s rights
and have the right to remove any
content that infringes on someone
else’s copyright…
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*Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
24. … and if you are a repeat offender,
they can and will disable your
account.
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*Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
25. When you accept Facebook’s terms,
in essence, you start working for
them…
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26. …as your content and information =
$1.8 billion in advertising revenue
(Q2 2013)
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*http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/24/facebook-q2-2013-earings/
27. you also grant Facebook the right to
receive and use your viewing data…
View a friend’s timeline or
send a message? They’ve got
it!
Search for a friend or use
their mobile app?
They’ve got it!
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They’ve also got the
date, time and location of
any photos or videos you
28. And if that is not enough…
They can use your GPS to
let you know if friends
are in the area.
Oh, and they also use
information about your
friends for profiling.
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29. Facebook also gathers your information
as well as your entire ‘friends’ list when
you connect to a game using your
Facebook account.
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*Data Use Policy
30. This profiling
(creating of digital
dossiers) can be
“analysed and
combined with
information from
offline sources to
create even more
detailed profiles”.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 2008.
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Goettke, 2007.
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It is similar to the social classification
that we willingly and unwillingly
participate in each time we use our
credit cards, loyalty cards and driver’s
license.
Lyon, D. (2002)
32. If you don’t like their Terms of Use and
Privacy Policy, you can at any time delete
your account…..and it will be
permanently deleted (you lose
everything).
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33. Facebook will keep your information in
their servers for up to 90 days after you,
or they (in the event you have violated
your agreement), terminate your
account.
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34. Any images or content you have shared
with friends (or the public) will remain on
their active Facebook accounts until such
time as they themselves delete their own
accounts.
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36. So here’s a tip for busy
people...if you don’t have
time to read the fine
print…
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…try searching for
keywords like “waiver”,
“grant”, “license”,
“content” “advertising”,
“terminate” and
“privacy”
37. It’s now up to you…but remember
“sign in haste – repent at leisure”
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