In early December 2009, Facebook changed its layout and settings to accommodate the backlash they were experiencing from their privacy settings. A notice was sent out to everyone with a Facebook account stating,
By making your name, and profile picture publicly available was in the best interests of friends and family members trying to find their loved ones, sorting them out from the mass amount of names that come up in a search. However, in February 2010 Facebook changed the privacy settings yet again to include gender, geographic location, networks a user is associated with, who they are friends with, and pages they are a fan of as public information (Facebook). This caused further arguments because instead of limiting information accessible by the public, Facebook made more information available to the public.
Currently, Facebook is still dealing around issues of privacy concerns, and how to further limit information accessible by strangers and other third parties. This can be achieved by giving users more control, and customization abilities in adjusting their privacy settings. In regards to deleting a Facebook account the reason being for content still existing on Facebook once an account is deleted, and remaining on servers is because the user must manually delete all content, such as wall posts, photos, videos, friends, and groups in order to longer exist on Facebook (Siyavash). Deleting that much information can be timely, so the user may choose not to delete their content. However, even if one did delete all their information off Facebook before removing their account, does not mean it does not exist any more. Some information remains on Facebook indefinitely (Aspan).
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In early December 2009, Facebook changed its layout and settings to accommodate the backlash they were experiencing from their privacy settings. A notice was sent out to everyone with a Facebook account stating,
By making your name, and profile picture publicly available was in the best interests of friends and family members trying to find their loved ones, sorting them out from the mass amount of names that come up in a search. However, in February 2010 Facebook changed the privacy settings yet again to include gender, geographic location, networks a user is associated with, who they are friends with, and pages they are a fan of as public information (Facebook). This caused further arguments because instead of limiting information accessible by the public, Facebook made more information available to the public.
Currently, Facebook is still dealing around issues of privacy concerns, and how to further limit information accessible by strangers and other third parties. This can be achieved by giving users more control, and customization abilities in adjusting their privacy settings. In regards to deleting a Facebook account the reason being for content still existing on Facebook once an account is deleted, and remaining on servers is because the user must manually delete all content, such as wall posts, photos, videos, friends, and groups in order to longer exist on Facebook (Siyavash). Deleting that much information can be timely, so the user may choose not to delete their content. However, even if one did delete all their information off Facebook before removing their account, does not mean it does not exist any more. Some information remains on Facebook indefinitely (Aspan).