New Facebook Privacy Issues Everyone Should Know About

New Facebook Privacy Issues Everyone Should Know About Make Money Online Queries? Struggling To Get Traffic To Your Blog? Sign Up On (HBB) Forum Now!New Facebook Privacy Issues Everyone Should Know AboutUpdated On 23/04/2017Author : Alvina LopezTopic : FacebookShort URL : http://hbb.me/2oz21YK CONNECT WITH HBB ON SOCIAL MEDIA Follow @HellBoundBlogIn the wake of the release of the enormously popular movie, The Social Network, a few privacy considerations have been reported in the media recently of which every user should be aware. For one, Facebook has confirmed that certain popular Facebook applications may have passed on user data to different advertisers and marketing companies. Moreover, Facebooks new Groups feature presents the possibility of more privacy worries.On Sunday October 17, the Wall Street Journal reported that all ten of Facebooks most popular applications, including Farmville, Texas Hold Em Poker, and Frontierville, had transmitted Facebook ID numbers to at least 25 advertising and data collecting companies. Many adver tisers track user activity online in an effort to build Internet profiles to target potential customers.Although it is unclear as yet if these companies are collecting ID numbers anonymously, the Facebook ID number is a component of Facebook that links the number to persons name and any other information that the user has set to share with everyone such as address, phone number, and hometown. The WSJ article also noted that these apps may be transmitting ID numbers of a users friends as well.If the reports that the WSJ cited are accurate, then Facebook could be violating its own rules, demonstrating the difficulty of overseeing the proper implementation of hundreds of thousands of apps, which are created by third-party software developers.READInstall Facebook Pixel Conversion On Your Website For Retargeting And RemarketingWhile the apps story is just now making waves, Facebooks new Groups feature has also come under fire. The reincarnation of Facebook Groups now enables a Facebook u ser to tag and add anyone to a group, but it doesnt enable a user to control who their friends invite to the group, leaving room for additional breaches in privacy. Like so many new Facebook features, the new Group capability is automatically turned on, and users must opt out in order to disable it.A PC Magazine article, in addition to Facebooks latest possible privacy infractions, lists a few other relatively recent features that caused controversy in the past year. These include Facebook Places and confusion over new Facebook privacy controls. The article highlights how important it is for Facebook users, and Internet users in general, to be aware of what information they make available online, and to know that this information can be easily leaked.While the Internet as a whole is a terrific forum that connects people from all over the planet, the fact that cyberspace is not regulated as strictly as other facets of our lives underscores the necessity of consumer awareness.This art icle is written by Alvina Lopez. She writes on the topics ofAccredited Online Colleges.She welcomes your comments at her Email ID:alvina.lopez @gmail.com. If you wish to write for HBB, kindly check this.