By Cara Brooke Schultz
Social media can be defined as "activities, practices, and behaviors among communities of people who gather online to share information, knowledge, and opinions using conversational media," according to The Social Media Bible. Just a few months ago you might have read about Facebook’s privacy transition. With the transition, Facebook users’ names, profile photos, gender, and hometown suddenly became publicly available information, when previously only your name and network were publicly available.
Now Canada has slapped Facebook with a class-action suit saying the transition violated Canadian privacy and consumer protection laws. The class-action suit claims that Facebook made money from its customers’ personal data by letting third parties use it for targeted online advertising campaigns.
How do you feel about these new privacy transitions? Do you feel like you own the information on your Facebook page, or does Facebook own that information?
Chime in with your thoughts!
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Posted by: Ray ban Sungalsses | March 30, 2011 at 02:34 AM
Nobody is forced to enter all their personal information ! - I don't use the full birthdate or email on Facebook in case someone wants to commit fraud. Like all things, the less the better.
Posted by: KatherineJ | March 06, 2011 at 09:59 AM