Goal of Europe Vs Facebook

Schrems says facebook might share the information with companies dealing with huge amounts of personal data must comply fully with privacy laws, because more than 800 million people use facebook. In Ireland alone,almost half of over 15 years of ag people use the site.

There are few methods which were shared to people by Europe Vs Facebook initiative to know how facebook is using and storing and sharing users privacy data.

Method 1:
Facebook says it provides "an easy way for people to download everything they have ever posted on facebook". To "download a copy of your facebook data" click on blue bar on facebook at the top of the page and choose account settings.

Method II:
Europe Vs Facebook says that user never get the total information facebook posses about that user.To get the full information user needs to fill out a separate online form to get this.It is a well hidden page to access it through the "get your link" on europe-v-facebook.org

Schrems says,to complete the form i had to provide a scan of a government issude ID containing signature,full name,DOB and photo. It was prompted to give out my personal information,such as passport number that was not needed to verify my identity and the site would subsequently delete the scan.

I also had to cite the law made which i was requesting the information (in EU jurisdiction it can be requested under sectiom 12 of Eu directive 95/46/EC).

I got a mail within minutes saying that,due to recent high volume of personal data access requests,there would be a delay of about 40 day period set down by Irish DPO(Data Protection Officer).

5 complaints against Facebook

There are 5 0f the 22 complaints made by Europe VS facebook, which the DPC(Data PRotection Commissioner) is investigating.

The "Like" Button on Facebook which creates extended user data that can be used to track users all over the internet.

Shadow Profiles:
Facebook is collecting data about people without their knowledge .This information is used to create profiles of unknown users.

Face Recognition:
The new face-recognition feature is a disproportionate violation of the users right to privacy.

Messages(Including Chat Messages):
Chat messages are stored by facebook even after the user has deleted them.Facebook has a copy of all the data which proves that all direct communication of facebook can never be deleted.

Groups:
Users can be added to groups without their consent users may end up in group that may result in false impressions about a person.

Unfriend of Facebook

Schrems is the main member in Europe vs Facebook who started this initiative with few of his friends to prove that how facebook uses and stores the privacy information of the user and might share with the companies who are pretty much interested in the private data of the users.

He feels it to be pretty dangerous because it might cause privacy problems to most of the people because more than 800 million people use faceook. In Ireland more than half of above 15 age people are active on facebook.

There are few methods to prove that Facebook actually hides the actual user information it possess with it.



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