Online Social Networks and E-Commerce - MIT Computer Science ...

Clarence Lee and Shirley Fung
Facebook and Amazon have become leading examples in the industry to provide new kinds of rich
interactive application on the Web. For instance, actions that a user can perform on Facebook and other
social networking sites have fall outside of what policy makers have accounted for. For instance, there is a
long list of private information that is collected by Facebook, that do not fall into any general categories
for information collected by third parties. See the following table for the complete list.
Other Records Collected by Facebook, Not
Protected Under Any Specific Privacy Policy
PROFILE
political views
religious views
Relationships
interested in men and/or women (sexual
orientation)
Activities
Interests
favorites (music, TV shows, movies, books, quotes)
added politicians, musicians, and products
PHOTOS
timestamp of photos taken
camera make/model used
tags of who is in the photo
EVENTS
Location
time and date
Host
guest list
RSVP information of invitees
wall posts
multimedia (photos and videos)
COMMUNICATIONS
wall posts
3RD PARTY APPLICATONS
travel information
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