Are you worried about privacy on Facebook?
Who should control the information you post on Facebook?
That question is at the center of a firestorm between the California-based social networking site and its users. It’s become so heated that Facebook has retreated from instituting a change in its policies. A few weeks, Facebook, which has more than 175 million users, changed its terms of use to give the site control over users’ information forever, even if they closed their accounts.
“Make sure you never upload anything you don’t feel comfortable giving away forever, because it’s Facebook’s now,” according to a post on the The Consumerist.com.
Are you more cautious now about what you put on Facebook and other social networking sites? Share your thoughts about the controversy. Who owns what?
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2 comments Add your comment
abc
February 19th, 2009
10:14 am
Facebook’s retreat is temporary. Per their own press release, they’ll figure out another way to have control over the data and change the policy again. As if they don’t market all that information anyway — and so does Google. Gmail saves messages forever, developing marketing profiles on you based on the text in the messages themselves. You think they don’t sell that information?
Because of Google search and gmail, you can be identified by name and address within 7 clicks. Advertising groups track your every surfing move. It’s all for sale to marketeers who want to sell you yet more stuff. Same with your Kroger card, your VISA card — all your purchases define you, and that definition is for sale.
Nothing is free. Such targeted marketing is the biggest pot of gold that ever was.
Tammy
February 24th, 2009
11:57 am
do not put anything on the web that you don’t want the world to see!!!