Facebook is a social networking site designed to connect you with friends and organistations around the globe. It is very important to realise that when you use the web for connecting with people, you literally are using the 'World Wide Web'. In order for Facebook to contain as many users as it has, the website has outlined many policies, regulations and rights for themself and their users. These are all available on the facebook website.
The site outlines the 'Facebook Principles', 'Privacy Policies', 'Statement of Rights and Responsibilities', 'Facebook Platform Policies', Advertising Guidelines and Promotions Guidelines. These policies, guidelines and rights of facebook and it's users are not usually taken too seriously by the common user. Scroll, scroll, scroll and accept. This is a huge mistake if you actually believe in some kind of privacy over your personal material.
A few things to consider, Facebook:
- can utilise your information and outsource it to advertising agencies regardless of the fact that you have selected for it not to be shown publicly. This is mostly due to the demographic nature of marketing, however the point is: you don't really have a choice.
- is not responsible for what people do with your content once they have accessed it.
- user default is set to 'Everyone', meaning anyone on the net can access your information including third party users and search engines until you change it.
- keeps your payment source account number on record while making payments or transactions on Facebook.
- can collect information on devices you use Facebook with, such as browser type, location, IP address and pages you visit.
- can share you information with other companies, lawyers, courts or other government entities under their discretion for ‘legal threats or to prevent harm’.
- No pornography, nudity or violent images are permitted.
Facebook has privacy settings available for manipulation by users; these are readily accessible for changing at any time using a customised approach. With common sense and a careful nature to your posts along with customised user settings, I believe Facebook has given users a safe place to interact with the world. Facebook users make their own choice whether or not to provide personal or detailed information to the public and can make certain posts or information available only to certain users.
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