Facebook has for the first time revealed details about how it tracks users across the Web.
SYDNEY: Facebook has for the first time revealed details about how it tracks users across the Web.
According to a report by US today, the complete real flow how ,the social networking keeps tag on members ,keeps tabs on its 800 million users was revealed through series of interviews with the social networking site's engineering director, spokesman, corporate spokesman and engineering managers
Facebook does not track everybody the same way, as it uses different methods for members who have signed in and are using their accounts, members who are logged-off and non-members.
The first time you arrive at any page of the social working site, the company inserts cookies in your browser.
If you sign up for an account, it inserts two types of cookies and if you don't set up an account, it inserts only one of the two types.
These cookies record every time you visit any other site ,that uses a Facebook "Like button" or other FACE BOOK PLUGINS, which work together with the cookies to note the time, date and website being visited.
Unique characteristics that identify your computer are also recorded.
Facebook keeps logs that records your past 90 days of activity and deletes entries older than 90 days, the ,Australian leading daily reported.
If you are logged into a Facebook account, your name, email address, or even your friend's and all of the other data in your Facebook profile is also being recorded automatically.
Data about web searches and browsing habits could be used to figure out political affiliations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations or health issues about consumers. or even information deemed secret by many of us ?
According to a report by US today, the complete real flow how ,the social networking keeps tag on members ,keeps tabs on its 800 million users was revealed through series of interviews with the social networking site's engineering director, spokesman, corporate spokesman and engineering managers
Facebook does not track everybody the same way, as it uses different methods for members who have signed in and are using their accounts, members who are logged-off and non-members.
The first time you arrive at any page of the social working site, the company inserts cookies in your browser.
If you sign up for an account, it inserts two types of cookies and if you don't set up an account, it inserts only one of the two types.
These cookies record every time you visit any other site ,that uses a Facebook "Like button" or other FACE BOOK PLUGINS, which work together with the cookies to note the time, date and website being visited.
Unique characteristics that identify your computer are also recorded.
Facebook keeps logs that records your past 90 days of activity and deletes entries older than 90 days, the ,Australian leading daily reported.
If you are logged into a Facebook account, your name, email address, or even your friend's and all of the other data in your Facebook profile is also being recorded automatically.
Data about web searches and browsing habits could be used to figure out political affiliations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations or health issues about consumers. or even information deemed secret by many of us ?
