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HERE IS PLAIN ENGLISH VERSION SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND ~ EFFECTIVE JANUARY 30 2015 ~ OFFICIAL ORIGINAL FACEBOOK VERSION IS BELOW.
If you continue to use Facebook after 30 Jan 2015 you are agreeing to
their new terms of service, data policy and cookie policy which has been
summarised below – taken directly from their own documents – the full
document is linked at the bottom of the summary for anyone who wants to
go and read the whole thing and follow all of the links within the
links.
If you are agreeing to something then you should at least be informed
about what you are agreeing to, educate yourself if you dont understand
and take steps to ensure your privacy if you havent already.
If you arent concerned then thats cool too!
DATA POLICY.
WHAT INFO THEY ARE COLLECTING.
– when you sign up for an account, create or share, and message or
communicate with others.
– information in or about the content you provide, such as the location
of a photo or the date a file was created.
– the types of content you view or engage with or the frequency and
duration of your activities.
– information about you (obtained from other people), such as when they
share a photo of you, send a message to you, or upload, sync or import
your contact information.
– contact information you provide if you upload, sync or import this
information (such as an address book) from a device.
– your payment information, such as your credit or debit card number and
other card information, and other account and authentication
information, as well as billing, shipping and contact details.
DEVICE INFORMATION.
– We collect information FROM or about the computers, phones, or other
devices where you install or access our Services
– the operating system, hardware version, device settings, file and
software names and types, battery and signal strength, and device
identifiers.
– Device locations, including specific geographic locations, such as
through GPS, Bluetooth, or WiFi signals.
– the name of your mobile operator or ISP, browser type, language and
time zone, mobile phone number and IP address.
THIRD PARTIES.
– We collect information when you visit or use third-party websites and
apps that use our Services (like when they offer our Like button or
Facebook Log In or use our measurement and advertising services).
– information about you and your activities on and off Facebook from
third-party partners
– information about you from companies that are owned or operated by
Facebook (eg Instagram and WhatsApp).
YOU ARE RELYING ON EVERYONE ELSE AND THEIR PRIVACY SETTINGS, NOT JUST
YOUR OWN.
Public information is any information you share with a public audience,
as well as information in your Public Profile, or content you share on a
Facebook Page or another public forum. Public information is available
to anyone on or off our Services and can be seen or accessed through
online search engines, APIs, and offline media, such as on TV.
In some cases, people you share and communicate with may download or
re-share this content with others on and off our Services. When you
comment on another person’s post or like their content on Facebook, that
person decides the audience who can see your comment or like. If their
audience is public, your comment will also be public.
Other people may use our Services to share content about you with the
audience they choose. For example, people may share a photo of you,
mention or tag you at a location in a post, or share information about
you that you shared with them.
YOU ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE PRIVACY POLICIES OF ANY THIRD PARTY APPS AND
WEBSITES. (DO YOU KNOW THEM ALL?)
In addition, when you download or use such third-party services, they
can access your Public Profile, which includes your username or user ID,
your age range and country/language, your list of friends, as well as
any information that you share with them. Information collected by these
apps, websites or integrated services is subject to their own terms and
policies.
We share information we have about you within the family of companies
that are part of Facebook (eg Instagram, WhatsApp).
If the ownership or control of all or part of our Services or their
assets changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner.
YOUR DATA IS USED TO TARGET ADVERTISING TO YOU USING BOTH YOUR FACEBOOK
BROWSING AND NON FACEBOOK BROWSING.
We’re introducing improvements to ads based on the apps and sites you
use off Facebook (online behavioral advertising).
If you visit a website off Facebook, say to buy something, FB can use
that information to advertise that companies products to you ON Facebook
using cookies. So essentially you are giving Facebook access to ALL of
your browsing data, not just what you do on Facebook.
WHEN YOU DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT. (It may take up to 90 days for your
information to be deleted from Facebook).
– we delete things you have posted, such as your photos and status
updates.
– information that others have shared about you is not part of your
account and will not be deleted when you delete your account.
We also may retain information from accounts disabled for violations of
our terms for at least a year.
TERMS OF SERVICE.
– For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like
photos and videos (IP content) you grant us a non-exclusive,
transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any
IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP
License). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your
account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have
not deleted it.
– When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to
emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that
removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of
time
– You give us permission to use your name, profile picture, content, and
information in connection with commercial, sponsored, or related
content – you permit a business or other entity to pay us to display
your name and/or profile picture with your content or information,
without any compensation to you.
– Your continued use of the Facebook Services, following notice of the
changes to our terms, policies or guidelines, constitutes your
acceptance of our amended terms, policies or guidelines.
– We are not responsible for any offensive, inappropriate, obscene,
unlawful or otherwise objectionable content or information you may
encounter on Facebook. We are not responsible for the conduct, whether
online or offline, of any user of Facebook.
– By using or accessing Facebook Services, you agree that we can collect
and use such content and information in accordance with the Data Policy
as amended from time to time.
USERS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
– You consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed
in the United States.
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