Kaylin, a cybersecurity expert, breaks down what Facebook collects about you. The company groups your data into four buckets: activity, information you provide, connections, and device/app/browser data. Facebook tracks your content, messages, device info, website usage, games, and purchase transactions.
So what personal data does Facebook collect on you? Hi, I'm Kaylin. I'm a cybersecurity and data protection expert, and I want to help you understand what data Facebook collects on you. Let's go.
Welcome to the series called Figuring out the Fine Print, where I will be going through the top apps and websites privacy policies to help you understand what data they're collecting on you and why.
First one on the chopping block is Facebook. So, according to the Facebook Privacy Policy, which you can find@facebook.com privacypolicy, it groups your data into four buckets. Activity and information you provide friends, followers and other connections, apps, browsers and device information and information from partners, vendors, and third parties. If you click on each one, details pop up. So for your activity information you provide, they also collect the content you create, like posts and comments, content you provide, messages you send and receive. They collect a lot. Most interesting one is the information from partners, vendors and third parties. They're collecting device information, websites you visit and apps that you use, games you play, purchases and transactions.
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