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Title    Facebook Still Tracks You After You Deactivate Your Account
Date    Wednesday April 10 2019, @03:24AM
Author    Fnord666
Topic   
from the he-sees-you-when-you're-sleeping dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/04/10/0036227

Phoenix666 writes:

CNet:

I thought the precautions would reduce how much data Facebook gathered about me. Turns out, I was wasting my time.

Even when your account is deactivated, the social network continues collecting data about your online activities. All that data gets sent back to Facebook and is tied to your account while it's in this state of limbo. It's as if you'd changed nothing.

Facebook says it only removes all of your data if you permanently delete your account. Deactivating isn't as extreme, the company says, and the social network continues collecting your data in case you change your mind and want to return to your profile. Facebook expects deactivated users to return and wants to continue serving them ads relevant to their new interests.

In Soviet America, Facebook will deactivate you?


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  1. "Phoenix666" - https://soylentnews.org/~Phoenix666/
  2. "CNet" - https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-is-still-tracking-you-after-you-deactivate-your-account/#ftag=CAD590a51e
  3. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=32898

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