{"id":70489,"date":"2014-11-28T09:42:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=70489"},"modified":"2017-04-07T20:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:27:28","slug":"facebook-policy-sign-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2014\/11\/facebook-policy-sign-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the new Facebook policy the sign of things to come?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook is changing its privacy policy. Here we highlight how the concept of privacy might be changing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This week, Facebook began to notify its users of its new privacy policy, which will come into effect on 1 January 2015. The policy is considerably shorter than the current version, and much easier to read.<\/p>\n

With the new policy, an interactive walk-through, Privacy Basics<\/em>, has been published to guide users on how to change their policy settings, which ultimately may make them feel more in control of their information on the platform. However, though arguably evident for sometime now, the new policy highlights the changing construct of user privacy.<\/p>\n

Privacy from others, but not Facebook<\/h3>\n

Generally, and for many of the conversations on privacy in this digital age, there has been a sense that users want to be able to have some control over their data, even from the services that they might be accessing online or through their devices. However what became clear in the new policy was that Facebook fully expects to have access to your data, but will safeguard it from others.<\/p>\n

In addition to users\u2019 posts and browsing habits, it might be appropriate to be reminded of how much data users allow Facebook to access. For example, an devices running the Android Operating Systems Facebook is given permission to access information in over 40 areas, including<\/p>\n