Changes to Facebook’s privacy policy could seem pretty tedious but deep in those new terms, conditions and legalese there are hints to the future of the social network. New references to place and geo-location suggest that Facebook is teeing up to add location-aware features. Read on to take a further peek at their map for the future.
In a post on Facebook’s blog, Elliot Schreage, the site’s VP of Communications and Public Policy presented an update to the site’s vital privacy policy. The new version is more simple to understand but also includes some significant changes – many of which Schrage seemingly glosses over.
The new document is the first time Facebook has officially made reference to location: “Location information. When you share your location with others or add a location to something you post, we treat that like any other content you post.”
That’s pretty clear – Facebook is set to allow you to add geolocation information to items you post and status updates. There’s also an interesting new note about the “Everyone” privacy setting.
If you set any of your Facebook content to “Everyone”, it will be index to search engines – as you’d expect following Facebook’s recent deals with Bing and Google. Delete that content though and it could stay indexed by third-party sites.
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