Privacy Audit

Privacy Audit

Facebook
Does not claim ownership of anything, but by creating an account, you give Facebook " a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook." This license expires when a user deletes their account.

My privacy settings have everything set to private, so I am not using the default privacy settings. I do not grant advertisers or third party users, with the exception of any applications I may make use of, the right to use my information or content. Other unknown Facebook users may not view my profile.


Gmail
By creating an account you give Google a license that essentially allows for them to "display, distribute and promote the Services." This license also lets Google make your content available to "companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services." Deleting your account results in the ending of the license.


I am using the standard privacy settings for Gmail, with the exception of only granting other Gmail users the ability to view my personal information.

eBay
With the license a user grants eBay, the user gives them a "non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise any and all copyright, trademark, publicity, and database rights (but no other rights) you have in the content, in any media known now or in the future." Even after removing an account, said content can still be used after terminating the relationship with eBay.

I am using the standard privacy settings for eBay.

Tumblr
The user owns all of their content, but the user gives Tumblr "a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable right and license (with the right to sublicense), to use, copy, cache, publish, display, distribute, modify, create derivative works and store such Subscriber Content and to allow others to do so in order to provide the Services."

I am using the standard privacy settings for Tumblr.

SoundCloud
In addition to a similar license as the other services where the user retains ownership of content but grants the service the right to use the content almost exclusively while a contract/account exists between the two, Tumblr accepts no responsibility for the content or how it is used.

I am using the standard privacy settings for SoundCloud.


Cookies
Cookies from all five services are stored, in addition to some from a few third party advertisers. It seems as if each service can use my search history, especially Google, for a number of purposes, the main one being for targeted advertising. However, since my browser's settings are to erase everything every time the program is closed, the information they receive changes from session to session.

Third party cookies appeared from:
addthis
pointroll
doubleclick
admeld