Monday, July 16, 2012

Facebook Myths


Common Myths about Facebook

No. We will always keep Facebook a free service for everyone.

No, Facebook's ad targeting is done anonymously by our system, without sharing personally identifiable information with advertisers. If advertisers select demographic targeting for their ads, the system automatically matches those ads to the appropriate audience. Advertisers only receive anonymous, aggregated reports to let them know that their ads were seen by the groups they targeted.
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No. You have control over how your information is shared. We do not share your personal information with people or services you don't want. We do not give advertisers access to your personal information. We do not and never will sell any of your information to anyone.

For further information on Facebook's advertising system, please visit the Ads Help Center
here.
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No, Facebook doesn't currently provide an application that allows people to track profile (timeline) views or statistics on the views of any specific personal content. Third party developers, however, may offer applications that provide some of this functionality. Please keep a few things in mind for these applications:
  • Applications CANNOT track profile (timeline) visits for people who simply go to another person's profile (timeline); Facebook has made this technically impossible.
  • In order to be tracked by an application, you will need to specifically agree to allow the application to track your actions.
  • Adding an application that provides this functionality is purely optional. If you do not want to participate, don't add the application to your account.
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No, Facebook does not provide a functionality that enables you to track who is viewing your profile (timeline), or parts of your profile (timeline), such as your photos. Third party applications also cannot provide this functionality. Applications that claim to give you this ability will be removed from Facebook for violating policy. You can report applications that provide untrustworthy experiences.
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None of your information – your name, basic info, what you like, who your friends are, what they have liked, what they recommend – is shared with external sites you visit with a plugin. Because they have given Facebook this space on their sites, they do not receive or interact with the information that is contained or transmitted there. Similarly, no personal information about your actions is provided to advertisers on Facebook.com or on the other site.
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No. An app should never force you to log in again, fill out a survey, enter a promotion, download a toolbar, or take any other unrelated action. The only thing that an app can require you to do to see content is to 'Like' its profile page.

If you believe that an app is abusive, please report the app by clicking on the Report App button towards the bottom of the left column on the app's profile page.

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