Techie Tip of the Week: Facebook’s New Privacy Policy
Friday, December 28th, 2012Recently, Facebook updated its privacy policy (again). As reported in the blog bostinno.com, here are the top 3 new policy changes you should be aware of:
By default:
- Facebook now shares your data with advertisers and affiliates. These include all your Likes, comments, and data provided when registering for a Facebook account. Facebook notes in its Data Use Policy that this info may include sensitive subjects like “religion, health status, or political views.”
- Anyone on Facebook can now send you a message and anyone on a message thread can reply to it.
- Almost everything you post is visible. Anyone, not just friends, can tag you and link to your Facebook content. Even Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, who had a photo she thought was private broadcast to the world.
For more information, or to comment on the new privacy settings, visit Facebook’s Site Governance at https://www.facebook.com/fbsitegovernance.
To view or update your personal Facebook privacy settings, go to https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy.
