Do you have any questions around Facebook’s user data privacy? Ask the experts at Facebook - 3x £100 vouchers to be won

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We’ve been working with Facebook to find out the key areas users want to know about the social media platform. From our research and activity so far we have found 4 main areas that parents have questions around: ‘Moderating content’, ‘User's data privacy’, ‘Mental health & social media’ and ‘Safe use of the internet/Facebook’. We will be running 4 Q&A’s in order to cover these areas and allow MNers the chance to ask their questions on each topic.

This Q&A is about ‘user’s data privacy’. This covers subjects such as: what personal information is on the platform, targeted advertising, how data is used, deletion policy and 3rd party access.

Here’s what Facebook has to say: "Anybody with a Facebook account can use our Access Your Information tool. This allows you to see all of your own Facebook personal data such as photos, posts, reactions and comments all in one place. You can also go here to delete anything from your timeline or profile that you no longer want on Facebook. This simple tool puts you in control of your own information. We want to rebuild your trust by building better. That means working harder, finding new solutions, and doing more to protect what’s yours"
#AskFacebook

Would you like to know how to permanently delete photos or posts? Perhaps you would like a breakdown of how to ensure your privacy settings are up-to-date? Do you have questions about what data Facebook collects and how it is used? Maybe you’d like to know more about targeted ads and how they work? Or perhaps you have questions about what exactly ‘sign in via Facebook’ means on other sites?

Whatever questions you have around user’s data privacy on Facebook, please post them on the thread below and we will choose approximately 10 for Facebook to answer. Everyone who posts their questions will be entered into a prize draw where 3 MNers will win a £100 voucher of their choice (from a list).

If you would like to ask questions about ‘moderating content’ please click here
If you would like to ask questions about ‘mental health & social media’ please click here
If you would like to ask questions about ‘safe use of the internet/Facebook’ please click here

Thanks and good luck with the prize draw
MNHQ

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Problems in a relationship
I have been married for 14 years. My husband had lost his job twice for long periods of time. First time for three years and second time (this time) three years ago. I work extremely hard and lately even more to try to make meets end. I work three jobs and he is “stay at home” dad. He is definitely not a band person but I’m feeling increasingly frustrated and disappointed in him because we have financial struggles I don’t have anyone to come to, no one to discuss matters or ask for help. I sometimes feel that I have not two but three kids with him. My resentment towards him is increasing and I feel let down because he can’t find any job. The men I know would find any job to look after the family but because he can’t find anything in his field he is not willing to do or train in anything else. To tell you the truth this is the biggest let down in my life. I didn’t marry to look after my husband. I have to pay for one hundred and one percent of everything at home and it is a very lonely feeling. I am probably writing this with the aim of taking out of my system. I have told him but I only get silence. Even more lonely feeling because it is a type of dismissal. Thank you for listening

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Problems in a relationship
I have been married for 14 years. My husband had lost his job twice for long periods of time. First time for three years and second time (this time) three years ago. I work extremely hard and lately even more to try to make meets end. I work three jobs and he is “stay at home” dad. He is definitely not a band person but I’m feeling increasingly frustrated and disappointed in him because we have financial struggles I don’t have anyone to come to, no one to discuss matters or ask for help. I sometimes feel that I have not two but three kids with him. My resentment towards him is increasing and I feel let down because he can’t find any job. The men I know would find any job to look after the family but because he can’t find anything in his field he is not willing to do or train in anything else. To tell you the truth this is the biggest let down in my life. I didn’t marry to look after my husband. I have to pay for one hundred and one percent of everything at home and it is a very lonely feeling. I am probably writing this with the aim of taking out of my system. I have told him but I only get silence. Even more lonely feeling because it is a type of dismissal. Thank you for listening

What do you do with data from 3rd parties embedding facebook posts and similar in their sites, and how do you ensure and validate that the visitors to those sites are not children, or are you tracking under 13 year olds in that way?

If I have my settings at the maximum, can my photo's be accessed ?

Hi im 10 weeks pregant second baby i have a big bump already im slim, and healthy weight , well i was lol gained 10 pounds already and have been eating healthy i dont understand it lol still have 3 weeks to wait for my scan its getting hard to hide 🙈

If I "sign in using Facebook" using a different website, what does this actual mean in terms of data and information being shared between the two?

FB have barred me until I send proof of my ID as my user name is a nickname. I am not willing to do this as I find the idea creepy and unsafe. I therefore have lost access to all my private messages, photos , contacts etc. I would like to delete them all. So much for privacy ! years of my FB history have been stolen from me by FB. It's crap that it's not even possible to contact anyone at FB to talk this sort of thing through. If I can't access my account then I don't want FB to either. Only good thing is it broke my FB habit and I'm never going back !

FB have barred me until I send proof of my ID as my user name is a nickname. I am not willing to do this as I find the idea creepy and unsafe. I therefore have lost access to all my private messages, photos , contacts etc. I would like to delete them all. So much for privacy ! years of my FB history have been stolen from me by FB. It's crap that it's not even possible to contact anyone at FB to talk this sort of thing through. If I can't access my account then I don't want FB to either. Only good thing is it broke my FB habit and I'm never going back !

If I snoop at an ex-boyfriend's profile, will he know?

How much of my data is shared with third parties and is there anyway I can find out who can or has seen it?

Can you guarantee me that if my nieces privacy settings are set to 'friends only' a couple of months ago (after unwanted posts on her wall) that this applies to all posts prior to her setting this on her account - I have been made aware of 'limit past posts' but not sure how to do this >

What work are you going to be doing aimed at teens to help them understand that what they post could impact them in the future e.g. restrict job opportunities etc?

Is anyone going to answer these questions?

Can you please tell me how I can make my profile photos private, and visible only to friends and friends of friends. Anyone can search my name and see my profile photos. I've spent hours trying to make them private but I can't.

If I have looked at people's profiles can they ever know I have looked at them?

What are you doing to promote awareness around data privacy for your youngest users?

Do you have plans to explain this is a more user friendly way? Particularly about ownership of content, how it is stored, what your rights are when you are "tagged"?

Would you like to know how to permanently delete photos or posts?

Absolutely! I would be so keen on this. I’ve been an active member on FB since 2007 and have a lot of information/photos I would now like removed. An easy way to view and delete in bulk would be amazing.

Do I still own the copyright for photos I post on Facebook?