Don’t fall for the Facebook privacy notice hoax

November 26, 2012

Have you posted the notice to your Facebook timeline to proclaim your copyright ownership of all content? Have you seen others from your social network posting such a notice? If you haven’t already, don’t bother. It’s a hoax. It’s not even a new hoax. It’s a resurgence of an old hoax that many users fell for earlier this year when Facebook became a publicly-traded company. The previous hoax implied that the change from a private company to a public one somehow changed the rules of the privacy agreement and put your posts and photos at risk unless you posted a copy and paste of a disclaimer establishing your copyright ownership. You can't change the Facebook legal terms by posting on your timeline. The new one reads: “In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, paintings, writing, publications, photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berne Convention).” To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2016911/don-t-fall-for-the-facebook-privacy-notice-hoax.html