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Fake Facebook Privacy Notice goes Viral

Facebook recently sent out  a mail to users about its new privacy guidelines notifying that they would be allowed to comment on it, but not allowed to vote like last time. One of our team members got this mail as well, which you can view for yourself below.

While there is not much to be alarmed of in the mail, it has somehow triggered a fake privacy notice to go viral on Facebook. People have been sharing it and have been asking others to do the same as well in hopes of supposedly protecting one’s personal details and data from unauthorized copying. The text in the post reads as follows :

“In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention).

For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times!

(Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws.)

By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or its contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook’s direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute).
Facebook is now an open capital entity. All members are recommended to publish a notice like this, or if you prefer, you may copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once, you will be tacitly allowing the use of elements such as your photos as well as the information contained in your profile status updates.”

To clear the air, posting any such text on your wall will not make any difference whatsoever. Facebook and all its users are still bound to the same terms and conditions that are accepted by users when they sign up for the service.  A Facebook spokesperson released a statement disproving such rumors as well.

“As outlined in our terms, the people who use Facebook own all of the content and information they post on Facebook, and they can control how it is shared through their privacy and application settings.

“Over the last few years, we have noticed some statements that suggest otherwise and we wanted to take a moment to remind you of the facts – when you post things like photos to Facebook, we do not own them. Under our terms [https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms], you grant Facebook permission to use, distribute, and share the things you post, subject to the terms and applicable privacy settings. For example, if you upload a photo and share it with your friends, we’ll make that photo available and distribute it to your friends. And, when you delete a photo, we delete it too.”

[Src: Financialpost.com ]

So please do not fall prey to any such messages and alert others that you may know as well. You can go ahead and review the new Site Governance Notice that has actually been put up and comment on it until 28th November 2012. 

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