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This is collected regardless, there's no opt out. again, because it's being handed over by a friend of yours and they are voluntarily giving it, at least the contact book info, that is facebook considers that fair game. there's no way for you to go in and necessarily say hey, take all my stuff off your service, it's already up there. >> is that a direction in which european regulators are going? i know they are making some moves toward the idea that individuals should be allowed to tell tech companies what they can and can't keep. >> right. there's that whole right to be forgotten idea, right,...

Social plug-ins such as the like button. it gets that information from websites and apps that rely on facebook analytics and its ad network. what's it used for? facebook told recode that website and app developers pay the company to tell them how many people visit their websites. facebook also claims it's used for security purposes so they can identify bots and fake accounts. how long does facebook keep the data? the company told recode it dleets brow deletes browsing data after ten days for non-users but only if it's collected through a social plug-in. data collected through an advertising ta...