Data Protection and Privacy on Facebook

This assignment analyzes Facebook's implementation of data protection and privacy laws. It discusses features like Privacy Check-up and the right to be forgotten, along with how Facebook manages user data security across countries. The assignment also highlights user rights regarding post and picture removal and concludes by emphasizing Facebook's role in safeguarding user information while enabling connection and information sharing.

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Data Protection and Privacy Law in Facebook
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Introduction
Social networking sites such as Facebook is in wide usage in the today’s world. It is a
wide platform where people say connected to others worldwide (Wang, Wable and Cuervo
2017). It is a platform in which allows the registered people to share and gather information
about one another. It also provides a platform where the users can create profiles, send
messages, and upload pictures. The sharing of such personal information can be hazardous as
they are more vulnerable to attacks. Thus, facebook has implemented various laws and rules
to secure the privacy of the individuals.
Rules and laws implemented by facebook to obtain data protection and privacy laws
Facebook implements a feature known as Privacy Check-up that gives the user the
access control of people who can access the about me and post section (Van den Broeck,
Poels and Walrave 2015). The facebook privacy basics is designed in way that allows the
users to decide completely with whom they want their information to be shared with.
Moreover, under the right to be forgotten, facebook provides the account holder to delete any
such information that they do not wish to share in the facebook account. In addition to this,
facebook also provides educational videos such as to make the users understand the various
security issues and the procedure to maintain the security of their account (Lugo-Fagundo et
al., 2016). In addition to this, facebook also provides activity log tool which enables the users
to manage the content shared using facebook.
Data security management in different countries by Facebook
The data security and privacy policy implementation in the Facebook does not differ
from country to country. It has specific data security implementation techniques and is
similar in other countries as well.
User’s right to remove posts and pictures

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In addition to security policies, the users have complete rights over the data that they
have posted on the account. It is upon their discretion whether they want to retain it or delete
it. The users have complete right to delete the information’s such as pictures and posts related
to them (Gupta 2018). According to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), such
data that are no more wanted to be present in the account by the account holder can be
removed by requesting the company for doing so. Thus, facebook provides complete control
of the data access to the users. Moreover, the facebook implements security laws to safeguard
such vital information’s of the account holder. Furthermore, facebook gives the freedom to
delete an account and thus, deletes the entire details such as pictures and posts on facebook.
Conclusion
Thus, with the above discussion, it can be concluded that facebook is a wide platform
that enable people to stay connected to each other through sharing of information, pictures
and text messages. However, the data in the facebook is vulnerable to attack, thus there is
great need to maintain the data security. However, facebook implements various data security
laws to safeguard the user information and allows the user to remove the information that
they are not willing to share with others.

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