facebook term of use (tos)
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Facebook Term of Use (TOS)
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Wing Yin LIU
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facebook is...
Facebook is a free global social networking website that is operated and privately own by Facebook, Inc.
In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg found Facebook with his friends
The first users were Harvard University students
And now, it can used by anyone over 13
More than 750 million active users
facebook: Key features
• Create a personal profile • Add other users as friends • Exchange messages • Upload photos • Tag photos • Share videos • Commenting on users wall, pictures, videos and status • Chat room for online users
Facebook Privacy Policy is important read it before you use it to help make informed decisions
Privacy Policy
Information they receive
Sharing information on Facebook
Information users share with third parties
How they use user’s information
How user can change or remove information
How they protect information
Sharing Your Content and Information
• Can control who can view the information and give feedback • Facebook and other users can used your photos and videos • May share the information and applications with others
Safety, Registration and Account Security
No bully, intimidare or harass other user
No uploading photos or videos can be pornographic, hateful, threatening, violence, nudity
No false personal information
No user can be under 13 or convicted sex offender
No sharing password
Protecting Other People's Rights
• tools to help you protect your intellectual property rights • Can not use the facebook copyrights or trademarks • Can not post anyone’s identification or financial information • Facebook has the right to remove inappropriate contents
facebook: Mobile
Free mobile services
Still need to pay for text messaging fees
Need to inform facebook once the user change or deactive user’s mobile telephone number
Sync information and user’s contact lists
Amendments
Notice user when facebook change the Statement
Minimum 3 days notice Payments and Deals
Special Provisions Applicable to Share Links Special Provisions Applicable to Developers/
Operators of Applications and Websites
Minimum 7 days notice of all other changes
Adverts + Social context
Can click “like” button on an advertisement or advertiser’s Facebook pages
Allow businesses show up in your News Feed
Show user social actions
If the adverts have user ID, they can directly send it to the user
Reference Lists
http://www.facebook.com/terms.php#
http://www.tosback.org/version.php?vid=1691
http://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy
http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/advertising#sponsoredstories
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/facebook-facelifts-its-privacy-policy/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/technology/personaltech/13basics.html