Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Fake "Privacy Notice" On Facebook


The problem with the Internet users today is that they think its gonna take only a second to re-post, but they forget its gonna take less than a minute to find out the Truth.

Do you think re-posting this on wall would help?  Hell no!

This post has been going viral for a month now.  
Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. It is recommended that all members post a notice similar to this, or if you prefer you can copy and paste this release. If you do not publish such a statement at least once, then you are indirectly allowing public use of such items as your photos and information contained in their status updates. PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning - any person and / or institution and / or Agent and / or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring this website or any of its associated sites DO NOT have my permission to use any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and / or the comments made about my photos or any other "picture" of art posted on my profile. You are hereby notified that it is strictly prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute, disclose or take any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The previous prohibitions also apply to your employee, agent, student, or any personnel under your direction or control. The contents of this profile are private and confidential information and sensitive. The violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law. UCC 1 -103 1 -308.

Firstly, before joining Facebook you agreed to their privacy policy. Whatever you agreed cannot be altered even if you put a threatening notice!

Secondly, Facebook hasn't changed its privacy policy after it went public on May 18, 2012. And in case, they decide to do that in future then EACH user has to accept or deny it. Obviously, users who agree would be allowed to use service. Remember - Google making you agree to fresh policy changes recently?

Most importantly, UCC 1 - 308 isn't related to privacy or social networking!!


Moreover, there is a post on FB Newsroom which says that the Facebook Governance Page  would allow users to actively participate in the acceptance/rejection of changes in privacy policy.