When signing up to Facebook, all members must agree to the Terms of Service before their accounts can be created. Some of these terms include things like giving Facebook the right to use and IP content that you might post on the site, various ‘you will nots’ in the safety and protecting other people’s rights section and agreeing to your information and content to be transferred to and processed in the US. Facebook describes the term ‘content’ as anything you post on the site that would not be included in the definition of information. Using content in these terms means that Facebook allows members to post videos, photos, links, comments and write messages to one another however by changing your personal privacy settings to “everyone” makes it public information. Public information can be accessed by anyone, even search engines like Google however Facebook claims that it will help ‘real-world’ friends find you. By signing up to Facebook and not changing these settings right away gives them access to all of your information and any IP content you post is instantly theirs. If for example Facebook used something you had posted on their site and not changed your settings to private, they could use it to their benefit and you would have absolutely no legal backing because once you’ve signed up, they own everything.
So, be careful what you post and remember that what ever you say online can come back and bite you in the ass!
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