Taking a closer look at the new Facebook policy

This week, Facebook began to notify its users of its new privacy policy, which will come into effect on 1 January 2015. The policy is considerably shorter than the current version, and much easier to read. With the new policy, an interactive walk-through, Privacy Basics, has been published to guide users on how to change their policy settings, which ultimately may make them feel more in control of their information on the platform.

However, though arguably evident for sometime now, the new policy highlights the changing construct of user privacy. Privacy from others, but not Facebook Generally, and for many of the conversations on privacy in this digital age, there has been a sense that users want to be able to have some control over their data, even from the services that they might be accessing online or through their devices.  MORE