Facebook to Users: “You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license …”
Updated II: Facebook capitulates – NYTimes.com: Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use. This is good news despite the fact that privacy on the web is still iffy at best, and non-existent at worst. All you have to do is look at recent high-profile hacks at Monster.com and Heartland Payment Systems to see that. We can all do a better job keeping usernames and passwords random and secure, and actually reading terms of service and usage instead of blindly checking the box to agree.
Updated: Facebook’s terms of service and rights it claims over your profile data have caused quite a stir, to use a tired phrase, on the tubes lately. Amanda French at AmandaFrench.net has a great comparison between FB and the other main social networks. This Chicago Tribune poll question asks how the buzz will impact your FB usage. (I use it as seldom as possible anyway.)
If you are on Facebook, if you were on Facebook, if you are thinking about getting on Facebook, if you have friends or family on Facebook, or if you ever publish anything online, please go right now to the Consumerist blog and read about Facebook’s new terms of service. Then go read the terms of service for EVERYTHING you use online. NOW.
Then look at the bottom of the page on the Consumerist’s post – notice anything?
