Comments on: Facebook’s New Terms of Service – they own your data forever! http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/ Perceptions about learning and sharing in a virtual world by Steve Dale Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Dale http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-750 Steve Dale Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:48:46 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-750 It seems it's true - Mark Zuckerberg has reverted to the original Terms of Service. It's a great pity he didn't consider some form of consultation with users before he made the changes that have been the subject of such vociferous debate - and which have left Facebook with little credibility. <a href="http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-revises-back-to-original-terms/" rel="nofollow"> It seems it’s true – Mark Zuckerberg has reverted to the original Terms of Service. It’s a great pity he didn’t consider some form of consultation with users before he made the changes that have been the subject of such vociferous debate – and which have left Facebook with little credibility.

]]> By: Steve Dale http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Steve Dale Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:37:42 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-749 Have just picked up a Tweet saying that Facebook have reverted to their previous ToS whilst discussions continue. I haven't been able to confirm this yet, but you can follow the hashtag #facebooktos if you want to keep up with the debate. Have just picked up a Tweet saying that Facebook have reverted to their previous ToS whilst discussions continue. I haven’t been able to confirm this yet, but you can follow the hashtag #facebooktos if you want to keep up with the debate.

]]> By: Steve Dale http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Steve Dale Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:39:40 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-747 Michael - thanks for the comments and entirley agree; it's up to the users to campaign for fairer Ts and Cs. The MySpace example is evidence that the power fop crowds can make a difference. I haven't checked to see if there is a group on Facebook that is campaigning on this. I'm trying to do my bit to get Gov and local gov better informed about the issues - I'm doing a couple of presentations on over the next few weeks, tragetted at gov information managers. Michael – thanks for the comments and entirley agree; it’s up to the users to campaign for fairer Ts and Cs. The MySpace example is evidence that the power fop crowds can make a difference. I haven’t checked to see if there is a group on Facebook that is campaigning on this. I’m trying to do my bit to get Gov and local gov better informed about the issues – I’m doing a couple of presentations on over the next few weeks, tragetted at gov information managers.

]]> By: Michael Holloway http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Michael Holloway Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:23:16 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-746 Inclined to agree that posting to the social web is akin to giving something away forever but if - as you also note - Gov isn't clued up on the rights / responsibilities in this space then there's little chance that the general public are properly informed. So, given that we're all feeling our way and mistakes will be made we should demand less greedy T&Cs from Facebook. Pressure from a community of users has in the past convinced the likes of MySpace to improve their policies. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/08/blly_bragg_myspace/ Inclined to agree that posting to the social web is akin to giving something away forever but if – as you also note – Gov isn’t clued up on the rights / responsibilities in this space then there’s little chance that the general public are properly informed.

So, given that we’re all feeling our way and mistakes will be made we should demand less greedy T&Cs from Facebook. Pressure from a community of users has in the past convinced the likes of MySpace to improve their policies.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/08/blly_bragg_myspace/

]]> By: mike http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-744 mike Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:02:23 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-744 This is not right. There is no privacy at all. Good luck to all of you, but I am deleting my profile. This is not right. There is no privacy at all. Good luck to all of you, but I am deleting my profile.

]]> By: Steve Dale http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Steve Dale Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:56:27 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-743 A recent comment to me from Conrad Taylor on Facebook - don't put anything on Facebook that you wouldn't want published in a newspaper. I think that's a fairly good rule to stick by! A recent comment to me from Conrad Taylor on Facebook – don’t put anything on Facebook that you wouldn’t want published in a newspaper.

I think that’s a fairly good rule to stick by!

]]> By: Darko http://steve-dale.net/2009/02/16/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-they-own-your-data-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Darko Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:50:19 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=530#comment-742 I'm not surprised by this because I have witnessed it before on another website. But they didn't go this far. I don't think this is fair to us end users. I’m not surprised by this because I have witnessed it before on another website. But they didn’t go this far. I don’t think this is fair to us end users.

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