If you have a Facebook account you may have noticed a little icon pop up in the top right of your account making you aware about the latest Facebook terms and policy changes. Most people tend to ignore these small changes but it is always worth noting how recent changes affect who owns your data.
The latest changes on Facebook attempt to make it clearer who has access to your data and how. The big changes are mainly in the area of tracking data on your mobile device. So if you are a mobile user your usage statistics including GPS data will now be stored against your Facebook account. Also included in this recent update is a log of websites you have visited whilst you are logged into Facebook. This information is collected and used to help advertisers target advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. Whilst this information has been collected in the past it hasn’t been as clear what it was being used for.
If you don’t want Facebook to know where you have been and when, the advice online is to use the web version of Facebook rather than the Facebook app. This way you keep your location data private when you are out and about.
What can we do to help you manage your data?
SocialSafe which is transitioning to Digi.Me can help you manage and store your social media content including your Facebook data. At the end of the day your data belongs to you and as such we provide you with the tools to take a copy of your data from Facebook (along with many other data sources) and store it locally so that you have your data on your computer. This means that if there is an outage on Facebook or you decide that you no longer wish to use a social media provider you can download a copy of your data including your images and status updates. You no longer have to lose those all important moments that you once shared with friends, family and colleagues. Give SocialSafe a try today by clicking on the link below. It’s free and puts you in control of your data! (Plus there is so much more you can do with your data when you have it all to yourself!)
