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[Spyder78]

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Facebook is proposing new changes to its policies that will allow Facebook to use your name, profile photo and content in ads without compensation.

The proposed update is set to go into effect in about a week, in September.

A judge mandated the clarifying language as part of Facebook's recent $20 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought on by users who said Facebook was using people's information and images for advertising without consent or compensation. Some of those users were under 18.

"We revised our explanation of how things like your name, profile picture and content may be used in connection with ads or commercial content to make it clear that you are granting Facebook permission for this use when you use our services," Facebook's chief privacy officer Erin Egan wrote in an announcement of the proposed changes Thursday.

The biggest change in the new policy applies to the paid ads that are paired with social actions your friends have taken. For instance, when an ad for a restaurant is paired with a news story saying one of your friends likes that restaurant's Facebook page.

Under the old policy, users could choose not to have their information paired with such ads. The policy stated, "If you do not want to appear in stories paired with Facebook Ads, you can opt out using your 'Edit social ads' setting."

That would no longer be an option under the new policy. By agreeing to the new policy, users under 18 testify that their parent or guardian has signed off on their info being used.

Facebook suggests that anyone who's uncomfortable making their profile pictures and cover photos public can delete them. Same thing about networks that you're in.

However, Facebook notes: "If you have selected a specific audience for your content or information, we will respect your choice when we use it."

According to the proposed policy, Facebook can use all the information they receive about you to serve ads. That includes information you provide at registration or add to your account or timeline; things you share and do on Facebook; what you like; your interactions with ads, partners and apps; keywords from your stories and things that Facebook infers from your use of Facebook.

A second key change under the new policy: Facebook will also be allowed to use facial recognition software to suggest that friends tag you in their photos. Egan said adding members' public profile photos would give users better control over their personal information by making it easier to identify posted photos in which they appear.

"Our goal is to facilitate tagging so that people know when there are photos of them on our service," Egan said.

If you're uncomfortable with facial recognition technology, you can opt out of the "tag suggest" feature under the privacy settings and your public profile photo won't be included in the facial recognition database.

Users have seven days (until Sept. 5, I assume) to provide feedback on the proposed policy changes.

If you're concerned about your privacy, here are some other points being clarified in the new Facebook policy that you should be aware of:

• Facebook receives information when users access the site, including people's IP address, operating system, phone number and location.
• Apps have access to whatever information you have given them permission to access. That typically includes most of the stuff on your profile, such as your email, birth date, contact information and friends list. Apps also have a right to go back and update their records of your basic information, including your age, language and country until you delete or remove an app, so think about whether you really want this app to have access to that.

  Even after you delete an app, the app may hold on to the information you already shared unless you tell the app to delete it.

A lot of Facebook users are unaware of how much of their information Facebook is actually allowed to use, so I suggest you take a look at the details of all the proposed changes. There's a handy PDF document on Facebook's page that shows all the proposed changes marked in red (the advertising changes, which are the most controversial are on page 15-18.) 

If you want to comment on the policy changes (officially "the statement of rights and responsibilities" and the "data use policy,") do so ASAP by commenting here.

This might also be a good opportunity to check your privacy settings.

Facebook's last policy update was in December.

 

 

 

Already removed all my photos despite updating my settings, don't trust Facebook at all

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I don't really care too much. There's nothing on my Facebook that i'm ashamed or concerned about, so they can do what they want within reason.

[Professor of Wrestling]

lol I post vulgar stuff on FB all the time and if anyone doesn't like it, they're free to remove me.

[Spyder78]

lol I post vulgar stuff on FB all the time and if anyone doesn't like it, they're free to remove me.

 

 

It's not that, companies can use your family photos you post for birth control ads "OH you don't want this to happen, well use our pills" etc. , There is nothing you can do as you posted the photos they took.. All because it's a free site and our choice to use it at our own risks, if we were paying a fee to use it then we could say or do something. 

Edited September 5, 2013 by Spyder78

[Professor of Wrestling]

 

lol I post vulgar stuff on FB all the time and if anyone doesn't like it, they're free to remove me.

 

 

It's not that, companies can use your family photos you post for birth control ads "OH you don't want this to happen, well use our pills" etc. , There is nothing you can do as you posted the photos they took.. All because it's a free site and our choice to use it at our own risks, if we were paying a fee to use it then we could say or do something. 

 

Meh, to me, FB has outworn its welcome. I can't believe it's lasted as long as it has lmao.

[Spyder78]

 

 

lol I post vulgar stuff on FB all the time and if anyone doesn't like it, they're free to remove me.

 

 

It's not that, companies can use your family photos you post for birth control ads "OH you don't want this to happen, well use our pills" etc. , There is nothing you can do as you posted the photos they took.. All because it's a free site and our choice to use it at our own risks, if we were paying a fee to use it then we could say or do something. 

 

Meh, to me, FB has outworn its welcome. I can't believe it's lasted as long as it has lmao.

 

 

 

Once MySpace became the TNA of social networks and got crushed by Facebook they pretty much stood a top that proverbial mountain by themselves.  Except for Google+ trying to mimic them they lasted this long being the only site to hangout on really

[jeb2830]

people enjoy Google+?

[HarlotEffect]

 

lol I post vulgar stuff on FB all the time and if anyone doesn't like it, they're free to remove me.

 

 

It's not that, companies can use your family photos you post for birth control ads "OH you don't want this to happen, well use our pills" etc. , There is nothing you can do as you posted the photos they took.. All because it's a free site and our choice to use it at our own risks, if we were paying a fee to use it then we could say or do something. 

 

 

That would be funny considering my drunk pictures. lolGoogle+ I remember people hyping it so much. Such an awful thing.

[Spyder78]

people enjoy Google+?

 

 

I hope not, ever since it got intergrated in Youtube, shit has been a pain in the ass...

 

 

LOL @ Beast, you would be the picture perfect poster boy for birth control.. "DO you want your daughter picked up by this guy"  LMAO!