This document provides an overview of key aspects of Facebook's Terms of Service in simple terms for older adults considering joining Facebook. It summarizes that Facebook collects users' public profile information and data on their interactions on the site. Users can control privacy settings but Facebook may change default settings. It warns to be careful about oversharing personal information and to avoid offensive/inappropriate content due to Facebook's content policies.

1. http://www.j1studios.com/archives/2345
Facebook Terms of Service

2. So, the kids are telling you to get onto Facebook to
see the latest happy family snaps.
http://lolbyte.com/lols/top-9-funny-old-people-
pictures/
Why the hell they can’t they pick up a telephone and
send the photos?

3. Picture from website: http://www.techvert.com/how-to-explain-the-internet-to-the-elderly/
Newspapers (and your kids) are telling you that once
older adults “get a taste of high-speed access, they
often come to rely on the internet as an everyday
utility in their lives.”
www.news.com.au/technology/over-50s-flock-for-daily-facebook-fix/story

4. Just make sure you check out the Terms of Service
rules carefully before you sign up
and nobody will get hurt!

5. So what is it that you are agreeing to?

6. All content and images that you share on Facebook
are YOURS!
Facebook gets information from other devices that
you use to access Facebook.
“For example, we may get your GPS or other location
information so we can tell you if any of your friends
are nearby.” (Facebook 2012)

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“Your name, profile pictures, cover photos, gender,
networks, username and User ID are treated just like
information you choose to make public.” (Facebook
2012)
If you don’t want your age or birth date out there, you
can choose not to make it public.

8. When you post a comment, photo or video you can
choose whether to make it public, friends or custom.

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“The real privacyconcerns arise when users allow
people they do not know and normally would not
trust to have access to the personally identifiable
information they have made available.”
Goettke, R., & Christiana, J. (2007)

10. If you don’t want anybody knowing what you think
about an issue, remember that if you COMMENT on
somebody else’s post and they make it public,
EVERYBODY will see your comment.

11. Facebook also collect data every
time you interact on Facebook,
“such as when you look at another
person's timeline, send or receive a
message, search for a friend or a
Page, click on, view or otherwise
interact with things.” (Facebook
2012)

12. This makes the privacy and
application settings your most
important page on Facebook.
Just remember that Facebook do
and will change the settings back to
their default mode when they
update, so check back regularly,
they’re sneaky like that!

13. Your privacy and application settings will dictate how
Facebook use your photos and videos.
If and when you delete this content, it will still show
up if you have shared it with others and will still be
there until they delete it.

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Facebook’s TOS has a few safety warnings about
bullying, spam and other nasty stuff that includes
hate speech, nudity, porn and violence.
You can’t do any of that stuff and you can report to
Facebook if you see anything you deem to be
offensive.

15. Facebook are pretty strict on you
using your own name and giving
them correct details.
And you have to be over 13 to join,
so don’t let the grandkids trick you
into signing them up!

16. Copyright laws apply on Facebook
and you have to make sure the
original owner of any image, video
etc. is acknowledged.

17. Something to think about is starting a group where
you have control over who sees, comments and views
your content.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/pets_community/

18. The TOC for Groups are the same as your regular
Facebook page but you have control over who sees
the content put on the groups page depending on if
you make it public or private.
You can choose who you invite.

19. REFERENCES:
Facebook (2012) Facebook Terms of Service Retrieved 9 October 2012 from:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
Facebook (2012) Facebook Privacy Policy. Retrieved 12 October 2012 from:
https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=privacy
Facebook (2012) Facebook Data Use Policy. Retrieved 10 October 2012 from:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Goettke, R., & Christiana, J. (2007). Privacy and Online Social Networking Websites.
Computer Science 199r: Special Topics in Computer Science Computation and Society:
Privacy and Technology.
Available: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs199r/fp/RichJoe.pdf
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http://lolbyte.com/lols/top-9-funny-old-people-pictures/
Funny Pictures Blog (image) Retrieved 14 October 2012
http://funny-pictures-blog.com/2012/07/23/facebook-meme-5/

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http://www.flickr.com/groups/pets_community/
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