Facebook collecting people's data even when accounts are deactivated
Facebook does not make it clear that, when accounts are deactivated, its data connections continue to get new information.
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Facebook does not make it clear that, when accounts are deactivated, its data connections continue to get new information.
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You know, i don't think i really care about what information i put out online and i don't think my friends do either, but i am getting curious to find out what data is actually being held on me. facebook�*s the first social media platform that ijoined. i know that you can download the data held on you there and i'm giving ita try. ijoined at 13, this could take some time. so, everything's downloaded. ijust need to open it now. i am a little bit nervous, i'm not going to lie. erm... there are dozens of folders, including one called "off facebook activity", listing the date and time i visited ...
Ijoined at 13, this could take some time. so, everything's downloaded. ijust need to open it now. i am a little bit nervous, i'm not going to lie. erm... there are dozens of folders, including one called "off facebook activity", listing the date and time i visited over 500 websites, but that's not what's scaring me here. it says messages. no way! they've got messages stored here from when i was... i must have been 13, 14. oh, my god. they have everything, absolutely everything i have ever sent. videos, photos. they have...a picture of me
But am getting curious to find out what data is actually being held on me. facebook�*s the first social media platform ijoined. i know that you can download the data held on you there and i'm giving ita try. ijoined at 13, this could take some time. so, everything is downloaded, ijust need to open it now. i am a little bit nervous, i am not going to lie. um... there are dozens of folders, including one called "off—facebook activity", listing the date and time i visited over 500 websites, but that's not what's scaring me here. it says messages. no way! they have got messages stored