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Since its founding in 2004, Facebook, the social networking behemoth, has grown to more than 400 million active users worldwide. If Facebook were a country, its population would exceed that of the United States and approach that of the European Union.
It’s stating the obvious to say that computers and the Internet have changed the way we live. Those younger than 21 don’t know a world without online technology. EVERYONE IS USING FACEBOOK.
Has anyone ever actually read the terms and agreements, when signing up for facebook? You may have read the confusing text without even realizing how FB is violating privacy rights. Let me break it all down to you.
From the day you sign up for facebook they are logging your information, which they state is stored for "a long period of time" (indefinitely), "even after your account is deleted. Your privacy is at risk.
From the first day, your asked to submit a series of info,
Favorite Music
Books
Address
Hometown
Phone Number
Email
Clubs
Jobs (employment history)
Education History
Birth date
Sexual Orientation
Interests
Daily Schedule
Relation to friends
Pictures
Political affiliations
Their privacy policy even goes as far to state it "also collects information about you from OTHER SOURCES, such as newspapers and instant messaging services. This information is gathered regardless of your use of the web site."
Now why would they "COLLECT" information of you?
Terms of Service, also states: "By posting member content to any part of the website, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Facebook and irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, perform, display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such as information or content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing."
there is a new privacy setting called "Instant Personalization" that shares data with non-facebook websites and it is automatically set to "Allow.
The FB "pulse feature" provides statistical trends among universities, down to minute details, such as % of females with conservative views, student bodies top 10 movies, to how many students have read Catchers in the Rye. The privacy policy goes on to say, that they may share your information with third parties, including with responsible companies, with which they have a relationship. What marketing group would pass up on buying such valid, yet easily collected statistics?
Funding for facebook has been tracked all of the way up to the CIA, and the (IAO), The Information Awareness Office.
The IAO stated it's vision was to gather as much information as possible about everyone, in a centralized location for easy perusal by the United States Government, including, but not limited to, Internet activity, credit card purchase history, airline tickey purchase history, car rentals, medical records, educational transcripts, driver's licenses, utility bills, tax returns, and any other available data.
We could go very indepth with this but it's very clear where this is going, and with 1000's of users, and civilians joining facebook everyday, things are going very smoothly for them.
Our founding father's fought for these rights that are being violated everyday. As it has always seemed, the more technologically advanced we become, the more problems arise. We all know technology is beyond what we are aware.
In this business, most of use like to stay as low key, and off the radar as we can. With facebook, it isn't possible. Keep your privacy, and make people aware.
Since its founding in 2004, Facebook, the social networking behemoth, has grown to more than 400 million active users worldwide. If Facebook were a country, its population would exceed that of the United States and approach that of the European Union.
It’s stating the obvious to say that computers and the Internet have changed the way we live. Those younger than 21 don’t know a world without online technology. EVERYONE IS USING FACEBOOK.
Has anyone ever actually read the terms and agreements, when signing up for facebook? You may have read the confusing text without even realizing how FB is violating privacy rights. Let me break it all down to you.
From the day you sign up for facebook they are logging your information, which they state is stored for "a long period of time" (indefinitely), "even after your account is deleted. Your privacy is at risk.
From the first day, your asked to submit a series of info,
Favorite Music
Books
Address
Hometown
Phone Number
Clubs
Jobs (employment history)
Education History
Birth date
Sexual Orientation
Interests
Daily Schedule
Relation to friends
Pictures
Political affiliations
Their privacy policy even goes as far to state it "also collects information about you from OTHER SOURCES, such as newspapers and instant messaging services. This information is gathered regardless of your use of the web site."
Now why would they "COLLECT" information of you?
Terms of Service, also states: "By posting member content to any part of the website, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Facebook and irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, perform, display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such as information or content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing."
there is a new privacy setting called "Instant Personalization" that shares data with non-facebook websites and it is automatically set to "Allow.
The FB "pulse feature" provides statistical trends among universities, down to minute details, such as % of females with conservative views, student bodies top 10 movies, to how many students have read Catchers in the Rye. The privacy policy goes on to say, that they may share your information with third parties, including with responsible companies, with which they have a relationship. What marketing group would pass up on buying such valid, yet easily collected statistics?
Funding for facebook has been tracked all of the way up to the CIA, and the (IAO), The Information Awareness Office.
The IAO stated it's vision was to gather as much information as possible about everyone, in a centralized location for easy perusal by the United States Government, including, but not limited to, Internet activity, credit card purchase history, airline tickey purchase history, car rentals, medical records, educational transcripts, driver's licenses, utility bills, tax returns, and any other available data.
We could go very indepth with this but it's very clear where this is going, and with 1000's of users, and civilians joining facebook everyday, things are going very smoothly for them.
Our founding father's fought for these rights that are being violated everyday. As it has always seemed, the more technologically advanced we become, the more problems arise. We all know technology is beyond what we are aware.
In this business, most of use like to stay as low key, and off the radar as we can. With facebook, it isn't possible. Keep your privacy, and make people aware.
