Universities, Privacy, and Facebook: An Important Dialogue
With all of the talk in the news about Facebook’s privacy policy, it’s important for colleges and universities to understand what’s going on. The Facebook move towards openness with their user data has freaked pragmatic users out, even getting mainstream dialogs about staying off of Facebook, like this one at the economics blog Baseline Scenario.
Deleting vs. Deactivating: A Comparison
“Are you sure you want to deactivate your account?” is the question Facebook asks everyone who is seeking to take a vacation from Facebook. Deactivating is the option Facebook gives users to make their name, photos, and profile invisible to Facebook the Facebook community. For instance, if Jake made comments on Jane’s wall, and later deactivated his account, the comments would still appear, but the author would be “Facebook User, ” instead of “Jake”.
FERPA Considerations for the Social Media
So long as an institution is in pursuit of their educational mission, colleges and universities may, within reason, use and release information that identifies students both publicly and to third parties. Releasing certain types of information can be perceived as more risky or offensive, depending on the party obtaining the information, their intention, and their efforts to maintain obligations related to that information.
Inigral Helps Facebook Stay Secure
The Inigral CTO accidentally made worldwide headlines when he found a bug in Facebook’s Instant Personalization. Facebook immediately fixed it, and the world was saved from potentially evil hackers…. We’re so proud, our George is a superhero.
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