We all demand privacy in every life situation. So why is it that we’re so oblivious when it comes to online sites?
Are we lead into a false sense of security when we join social networking sites? Facebook for instance, is a social medium designed to ‘connect people’. However, you are made to agree on certain terms and conditions that are subjected to change, even if you don’t agree with them or even in fact read them. You are then encouraged to ‘connect’ with and befriend as many ‘friends’ or people you have encountered with over your life span. You’re then influenced to post photos of yourself and tag your ‘friends’ in these photos. Provide information about yourself ‘so your friends know what you like and don’t like’. Without even noticing it, we have given all of our personal information to the highest bidder. Facebook is a business who makes their money selling your personal information to a company. Now when you go back and read those Terms and Conditions saying to yourself ‘they can’t do that’ if you can read past all the legal jargon. You will see they in fact can, and you have allowed this by ‘agreeing’ to the terms when you first signed up.
- You can use your privacy settings to limit how your name and profile picture may be associated with commercial, sponsored, or related content (such as a brand you like) served or enhanced by us. You give us permission to use your name and profile picture in connection with that content, subject to the limits you place.
- We do not give your content or information to advertisers without your consent.
- You understand that we may not always identify paid services and communications as such.
Though they express that your content will not be distributed to advertisers without your consent, they however, do not disclose information on how you give permission. Through the use of applications, groups 'likes' etc., this is how they perceive you 'giving consent'.
Reference:
Day 4 lecture – Adam Muir
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf
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