FACEBOOK MAKES CHANGES

TO KEEP THE CONFIDENCE OF ITS INTERNET

Facebook has more than 2 billion users worldwide. In France, no less than 34 million people connect to it at least once a month. Facebook and its application gallery (WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger) certainly facilitates communication with our loved ones, sharing photos of our holidays ... but also uses our personal data to be able to maltreat them.

Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, reminded loudly that new technologies. "Many of us accept that our data is collected for free services, but we do not know a trick," he wrote.

"We lock them in silos away from our eyes, and we lose the potential benefits of direct control over our own personal information . " A truth good to remember.

Users to compel the company that has achieved nearly 40 billion in revenue in 2017, thanks to their personal information to better protect their data.

Besides, Zuckerberg must explain this data leak in London.

And on Monday, the US Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will review the group's private data practices. The boss of Facebook must therefore appear before the Congress for an audition in the coming weeks.

Faced with the slingshot of Internet users through the campaign #DeleteFacebook force is to react to not lose the trust of the latter.

While we promise Facebook to better protect personal data?

Facebook will allow you to erase your data more easily

In the grip of an unprecedented scandal, the social network announced Wednesday, March 28, new measures to allow Internet users to better control their personal data.

The company announced in a statement its intention to offer "a simplified and maximum control of their privacy settings" to its members.

All settings in the same space on mobile

The first step is to centralize the privacy settings of the mobile application in a single interface while until now the settings for advertising preferences, privacy or security were scattered over twenty different screens . The grouping will be done in the same space entitled "Shortcuts of confidentiality" . This will facilitate the control and visibility respectively of their personal data and their publications.

Tools to more easily delete data

The management of the tracks left by users on the platform will also be simplified by allowing its members to access all their publications faster (comment, like, photo or status). By grouping in one place all this information the user will have the possibility of the latter

The speaker connected to voice assistance, able to collect many personal information in the heart of the home of its owners for later ....